Guide to the Nye County, Nevada PhotographCollection
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Table of Contents
Summary Information ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................. 5
Names and Subjects ........................................................................................................................................ 6
Amargosa Valley, Nevada ............................................................................................................................ 6
Fishel Family (T&T Ranch) ...................................................................................................................... 7
Records Family .......................................................................................................................................... 8
Goodson Family (Tubb Ranch) ............................................................................................................... 10
Toles Family ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Toles-Turner Family ................................................................................................................................ 11
Brockman Family ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Lisle Family ............................................................................................................................................. 13
Revert Family ........................................................................................................................................... 15
Crowell Family ......................................................................................................................................... 16
Lemmon Family ....................................................................................................................................... 17
Palsgrove Family ...................................................................................................................................... 18
Reidhead Family ...................................................................................................................................... 19
Hughes Family ......................................................................................................................................... 22
Ruud Family ............................................................................................................................................. 23
Turner Family ........................................................................................................................................... 24
Wiley Family ............................................................................................................................................ 25
Ford Family .............................................................................................................................................. 26
Hafen Family ............................................................................................................................................ 28
Brown Family (Tecopa-Pahrump) ........................................................................................................... 29
Bradshaw Family (Goldfield-Tonopah) ................................................................................................... 42
Coombs Family ........................................................................................................................................ 43
Hooper Family ......................................................................................................................................... 45
Terrell Family ........................................................................................................................................... 46
Moore Family ........................................................................................................................................... 46
Potts-Cirac Family ................................................................................................................................... 47
Fallini Family (Twin Springs, Nevada) ................................................................................................... 51
Hanson Family (Gabbs, Nevada) ............................................................................................................. 52
Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada) ................................................................................................... 53
Lowe Family ............................................................................................................................................ 55
O'Toole Family ........................................................................................................................................ 56
Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada) ............................................................................................ 57
Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada) ........................................................................................ 59
Abstract: The Nye County Photograph Collection contains photographs fromNye County, Nevada from 1880 to 1990. The collection includes awide variety of photographs that document the activities, landmarks,geographical features, towns, ranches, and families of Nye County.The collection covers the areas of Amargosa Valley, Ash Meadows,Beatty, Duckwater, Gabbs, Goldfield, Kawich Mountains, Manhattan,Pahrump, Round Mountain, Rhyolite, Smoky Valley, Springdale,Tecopa, Tonopah, and Twin Springs. The activities documented includemining, prospecting, herding animals, schooling, ranching, buildingconstruction, railroad construction, and hunting and fishing.
Preferred Citation
Nye County Photograph Collection, 1880-1990. PH-00221. Special Collections and Archives, UniversityLibraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Historical Background
Nye County is the largest county in Nevada and the third largest in the contiguous United States. It wasestablished in 1864 and named after James W. Nye, who served as Nevada's first governor. Mining boomsin Rhyolite, Nevada and Tonopah, Nevada in the early-twentieth century bolstered Nye County's populationand economy, but after the booms receded so too did Nye County's population.
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Scope and Contents Note
The Nye County Photograph Collection contains photographs from Nye County, Nevada from 1880 to 1990.The collection includes a wide variety of photographs that document the activities, landmarks, geographicalfeatures, towns, ranches, and families of Nye County. The collection covers the areas of Amargosa Valley,Ash Meadows, Beatty, Duckwater, Gabbs, Goldfield, Kawich Mountains, Manhattan, Pahrump, RoundMountain, Rhyolite, Smoky Valley, Springdale, Tecopa, Tonopah, and Twin Springs. The activitiesdocumented include mining, prospecting, herding animals, schooling, ranching, building construction,railroad construction, and hunting and fishing.
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Arrangement
This collection is arranged into seven series:
Series I. Amargosa Valley, Nevada, 1890-1985;
Series II. Ash Meadows, Nevada, 1916-1985;
Series III. Beatty, Nevada, 1904-1989;
Series IV. Pahrump, Nevada, 1910-1990;
Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada, 1900-1988;
Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada, 1902-1989;
Series VII. Other areas in Nye County, 1880-1989.
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Administrative Information
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Useon the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions topublish.
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Acquisition Note
The collection was assembled by UNLV Libraries using multiple donations over several years.
Processing Note
Materials were processed by Special Collections staff. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversionproject, Lindsay Oden wrote the collection description in compliance with current professional standards.In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Melise Leech added additional materials andrevised the collection description in ArchivesSpace in compliance with current professional standards.
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Names and Subjects
• Round Mountain (Nye County, Nev. : Mountain)• Toiyabe Range (Nev.)• Amargosa River Valley (Nev. and Calif.)• Duckwater Reservation (Nev.)• Pahrump Valley (Nev. and Calif.)• Big Smoky Valley (Nev.)• Manhattan Gulch (Nev.)• Gabbs Valley (Nev.)• Ash Meadows Springs (Nev.)• Beatty (Nev.)• Tonopah (Nev.)• Twin Springs (Nev.)• Kawich Mountains (Nev.)• Photographs• Maps• Mines and mineral resources• Ranching• Railroads• Nye County (Nev.)
Collection Inventory
Amargosa Valley, Nevada, 1890-1985Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet (5 hanging folders)
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Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from 1890 to 1985 of the Fishel and Records families, twofamilies who had ranches in the Amargosa Valley in Nye County, Nevada. Materials include photographs of ranchhouses, harvests, fields, wagons, animals, railroads, irrigation systems, and early buildings.
Arrangement: Materials are arranged into two subseries:
Subseries I.A. Fishel Family (T&T Ranch), 1920-1985;
Subseries I.B. Records Family, 1890-1980.
Fishel Family (T&T Ranch), 1920-1985Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (3 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the T&T Ranch, owned by the Fishel Family, from1920 to 1985. Materials include photographs of houses, farming, animals, and produce.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Fields and trees planted by Gordon and Billy Bettles in the Amargosa Valley,Nevada, 1955 (0021)
folder 01
Original ranch house, 1925 (0022) folder 01
Gordon Bettles and two men cutting rye, 1949 (0023) folder 01
Foundation of the Mecca Club being laid, 1962 (0024) folder 01
Stacked hay, probably on the T&T Ranch, 1925 (0025) folder 01
Well on T&T Ranch, 1953 (0026) folder 02
Horse-drawn mowing machine, 1920 (0027) folder 02
Wagons, haystacks, ducks, and chickens, 1920 (0028) folder 02
Buildings, 1920 (0029) folder 02
Home of Gordon and Billie Bettles, 1949 (0030) folder 02
Alfalfa fields and trees, 1953 June (0031) folder 02
Hay wagon, 1953 June (0032) folder 02
Sugar beets and buildings, 1920 (0033) folder 02
Child feeding chickens and turkeys, 1920 (0034) folder 02
Hogs, 1920 (0035) folder 02
Young girl in the field, 1920 (0036) folder 02
Mowing alfalfa, 1920 (0037) folder 02
Alfalfa field, 1920 (0038) folder 02
Geese or turkeys, 1920 (0039) folder 02
Women and a dairy cow, 1920 (0040) folder 02
Billie Bettles with her granddaughter, Maryanne Hensyel, 1985 (0041) folder 02
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House and garden belonging to Gordon and Billie Bettles, 1950 (0042) folder 02
Produce grown on the ranch, 1955 (0043) folder 02
Flowering fruit trees in front of the home of Gordon and Billie Bettles, 1957(0044)
folder 02
Interior of the Mecca Club, 1976-1979 (0045) folder 02
M.P. "Gless" Glessner sitting on the Ford tractor belonging to GordonBettles, 1952 (0046)
folder 02
Preparing the soil for planting, 1952 (0047) folder 02
Preparing the soil for planting, 1952 (0048) folder 02
Preparing the soil for planting, 1952 (0049) folder 02
Irrigating land newly planted in alfalfa, 1952-1954 (0050) folder 02
Irrigated land newly planted in alfalfa, 1954 (0051) folder 03
Records Family, 1890-1980Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Records Family from 1890 to 1985. Materialsinclude photographs of operations around Amargosa Valley, including the Standard Slag Mine and Resting Springin Tecopa, California, the Tecopa Railroad, ranching activities, animal husbandry, and construction of earlybuildings.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Death Valley Scotty (Frank Scott) at Death Valley Scotty's Castle, DeathValley, California, 1952 (0115)
folder 05
Standard Slag Mine and Mile above Tecopa, California, undated (0116) folder 05
Phi Lee in front of his home at Resting Spring, about 5 miles east of Tecopa,California, 1890 (0117)
folder 05
Engine No.1 of the Tecopa Railroad, which ran from Tecopa to the Noondayand Gunsight Mines, 1920s (0118)
folder 05
Tweed Wilson, a Native American who was the grandson of the founder ofWilson Ranch near Las Vegas, undated (0119)
folder 05
Amargosa Valley, Nevada looking southwest toward the Funeral Mountains,1959-1960 (0120)
folder 05
Digging a ditch for installation of a water line to supply a sprinkler system,1980 (0121)
folder 05
Amargosa Valley looking southwest toward the Funeral Mountains, 1980(0122)
folder 05
Amargosa Valley looking west over land in Section 7, undated (0123) folder 05
Land on the T&T Ranch, 1958-1959 (0124) folder 05
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Ditch leading to an overhead pivot sprinkler system on the property of HankRecords, Amargosa Valley, 1980 (0125)
folder 05
Pivot watering system has just been installed and the alfalfa is beginning togrow, 1980 (0126)
folder 06
Pivot irrigation system operating, 1980 (0127) folder 06
House constructed by Hank Records on the T&T Ranch, 1955 (0137) folder 06
Detroit diesels powering pumps, 1956 (0138) folder 06
One of the first buildings in Amargosa Valley, 1954-1956 (0139) folder 06
Robert Records, undated (0140) folder 06
Ribbon-cutting ceremony at the dedication of the All-Purpose Building, 1984November 02 (0141)
folder 06
Robert Records, 1960 (0142) folder 06
Hank Richards with Ann Redelsperger and State Senator Ken Redelsperger atthe dedication of the All-Purpose Building, 1984 November 02 (0143)
folder 06
Property, 1974 (0144) folder 06
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Ash Meadows, Nevada, 1916-1985Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet (6 hanging folders and 1 shared box of negatives)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Goodson, Toles, and Toles-Turner families in AshMeadows, Nevada from 1916 to 1985. Materials include photographs of ranching, animals, hunting, railroads, mining,transportation of ore, and views of mushroom clouds produced at the Nevada Test Site.
Arrangement: Materials are arranged into four subseries:
Subseries II.A. Goodson Family (Tubb Ranch), 1916-1959;
Subseries II.B. Toles Family, 1933;
Subseries II.C. Toles-Turner Family, 1930-1951;
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Subseries II.D. Miscellaneous, 1965-1985.
Goodson Family (Tubb Ranch), 1916-1959Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Tubb Ranch, operated by the Tubb Family, from1916 to 1959. Materials include photographs of ranching, animals, and agriculture.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
T.D.L. "Kitty" Tubb on her ranch in Ash Meadows, Nevada, undated (0052) folder 03
Robert McGomery Tubb, undated (0053) folder 03
Swimming in Deep Spring, Ash Meadows, Nevada, 1954-1956 (0054) folder 03
Judy Tubb and Nancy Tubb on the family farm, 1950-1954 (0055) folder 03
Tubb Ranch, 1950-1954 (0056) folder 03
Saddle horse, 1950-1954 (0057) folder 03
Horses, 1950-1954 (0058) folder 03
Tubb Ranch, 1950-1954 (0059) folder 03
Tubb Ranch, 1950-1954 (0060) folder 03
Bob Tubb, 1930 (0061) folder 03
Leaf from a book featuring Pahrump, Nevada, undated (0062) folder 03
Leaf from a book showing Louis Avariaz in front of the Pahrump Store, 1916(0063)
folder 03
Nancy and Gloria Miller, visitors from Pasadena, California, riding the haywagon, 1954-1956 (0064)
folder 03
Nancy and Gloria Miller, visitors from Pasadena, California, riding the haywagon, 1954-1956 (0065)
folder 03
Virginia Tubb getting a kiss from her horse, 1950-1951 (0066) folder 03
Virginia Tubb getting a kiss from her horse, 1950-1951 (0067) folder 03
Fred Tewilliger, a guest from Del Mar, California, stands beside a horse,1950-1951 (0068)
folder 03
Hay barn and corn crib, 1951 (0069) folder 03
T.D.L. "Kitty" Tubb, undated (0070) folder 03
Toles Family, 1933Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs that depict the Toles Family near the Ash Meadows ClayPits from 1933. Materials include photographs of the family, hunting trips, an ore train from the Bell Pit, and theTonopah & Tidewater Railroad.
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Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Beulah Pardee, Jack Pardee, "Dude" Pardee, 1933 (0071) folder 03
"Dude" Pardee and her brother Wes Pardee, 1933 (0072) folder 03
Jepperson children, Louise and Tom, 1933 (0073) folder 03
A.T. Shepard, Superintendent for the Coen Company, 1933 (0074) folder 03
Jess Toles displays a bobcat taken with bow and arrow, 1933 (0075) folder 03
Children swimming in the pool at Crystal Springs, Ash Meadows, 1933(0076)
folder 04
Clay crew and equipment used to mine clay from the Bell Pit, Ash Meadows,1933 (0077)
folder 04
Drag line used at Bell Pit, 1933 (0078) folder 04
Narrow gauge ore train used to haul clay from the Bell Pit to an off-loadingramp on the standard gauge tracks of the T&T Railroad, 1933 (0079)
folder 04
Toles-Turner Family, 1930-1951Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders and 1 shared box of negatives)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Toles-Turner Family from 1930 to 1951, includingphotographs of mushroom clouds produced by the Nevada Test Site, the Clay Camp in Ash Meadows, ore carstransporting ore, and the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad.
Death Valley Junction with a mushroom cloud resulting from open air atomictesting at the nearby Nevada Test Site, 1951 (0146)
folder 06
Front entrance to the Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley, California,1938-1939 (0147)
folder 06
Joan Toles Turner playing on a boardwalk beside the home of hergrandparents Jess and Myrtle Toles at Clay Camp, Ash Meadows, 1939(0148)
folder 06
Ore cars and engine used at the Clay Pits, 1940 (0149) folder 06
Clay Camp, Ash Meadows, 1940 (0150) folder 06
Negative: Death Valley Junction, Tonopah and Tidewater car and station,1930-1940 (0151)
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Joan Toles Turner, Death Valley Junction, California, 1949 (0152) folder 07
Clay Camp, Ash Meadows, 1940 (0153) folder 07
Toles family, 1940 (0154) folder 07
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Ramp from which cars of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad dumped theirore, 1939 (0155)
folder 07
Herb Toles and family in the clay camp in Ash Meadows, 1941 (0156) folder 07
Miscellaneous, 1965-1985Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain miscellaneous photographs from Ash Meadows, Nevada from 1965to 1985, including two photographs of Ash Meadows resident Margarito "Shorty" Diaz and a photograph of JovitaDiaz Long and Les Long.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Margarito "Shorty" Diaz at his home, Ash Meadows, 1980 (0711) folder 28
Margarito "Shorty" Diaz, 1965 (0712) folder 28
Jovita Diaz Long and Les Long, 1985 (0713) folder 28
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Beatty, Nevada, 1904-1989Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet (12 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of families and ranches around Beatty, Nevada from 1904to 1989. Materials include photographs of the Brockman, Lisle, Revert, Crowell, Lemmon, Palsgrove, and Reidheadfamilies, documenting activities such as events on Main Street, construction of several buildings, protests against theNevada Test Site, animal husbandry, railroad transportation (especially by the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad),education, and mining and milling.
Arrangement: Materials are arranged into eight subseries:
Subseries III.A. Brockman Family, 1910-1989;
Subseries III.B. Lisle Family, 1932-1959;
Subseries III.C. Revert Family, 1904-1957;
Subseries III.D. Crowell Family, 1914-1987;
Subseries III.E. Lemmon Family, 1907-1959;
Subseries III.F. Palsgrove Family, 1910-1930;
Subseries III.G. Reidhead Family, 1920-1987;
Subseries III.H. Miscellaneous, 1907-1989.
Brockman Family, 1910-1989Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Brockman Family from 1910 to 1989, includingphotographs of Frank and Edith Brockman working in California, the Desert Inn Motel in Beatty, and photographsof people planning for the Beatty Burro Races.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
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Title/Description Containers
Bettles Brothers, San Francisco, California, 1910 (0010) folder 01
Gordon Bettles wearing his Masons fez, 1950-1959 (0011) folder 01
Daughters of Gordon Bettles, 1935 (0012) folder 01
Looking east toward Beatty, Nevada, 1978 (0013) folder 01
Desert Inn Motel, 1950-1959 (0014) folder 01
Desert Inn Motel in Beatty, Nevada; Beatty Mountain in background,undated (0015)
folder 01
Frank Brockman, 1960-1964 (0016) folder 01
Frank Brockman speaking at a meeting concerning the Beatty Burro Races,1960-1964 (0017)
folder 01
Frank Brockman in California, 1980-1989 (0018) folder 01
Frank Brockman and Edith Bettles Brockman, 1980-1989 (0019) folder 01
Frank Brockman, 1980-1989 (0020) folder 01
Lisle Family, 1932 to 1969Physical Description: 0.42 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Lisle Family from 1932 to 1969, includingphotographs of construction of the Beatty, Nevada Episcopal Church, demonstrations against the Nevada TestSite, buildings on Main Street, the ore mill near Carrara, Nevada, animals, Warm Springs, Nevada, and Dixon,California.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Florence Palsgrove and Chloe Lisle, 1933 (0157) folder 07
Chloe Lisle, Main Street, Beatty, 1932-1933 (0158) folder 07
Main Street, Beatty, Nevada, looking north, 1930-1939 (0178) folder 08
Highway sign is being readied at the Beatty Auto Court, 1930-1939 (0179) folder 08
Beatty Auto Court looking northeast to the highway across the AmargosaRiver channel, on the north end of Beatty, 1930-1933 (0180)
folder 08
Blacktopping activities on the highway at the north and of Beatty, 1930-1933(0181)
folder 08
Ore mill near Carrara, Nevada, 1930-1933 (0182) folder 08
Panamint City, California, 1940-1943 (0183) folder 08
Lottie Mills, mother of Chloe Lisle, on the front porch of her home on MainStreet, Beatty, 1930-1933 (0184)
folder 08
Lottie Mills, mother of Chloe Lisle, with two pack burros, Panamint City,California, 1940-1943 (0185)
folder 08
Chloe Lisle and her son Jimmy Lisle on Montgomery Street, Beatty, 1946(0186)
folder 08
Bill Martin, Ralph Lisle, Phillip Lisle, and Sam Colvin in Panamint City,California, 1940-1943 (0187)
folder 08
Jimmy Lisle, son of Chloe and Ralph Lisle, pictured with his maternalgrandmother Lottie Mills, in the front yard of a house on Montgomery Street,Beatty, 1944 (0188)
folder 08
"Gasoline" Bill pictured in front of the Revert Store on Main Street, Beatty,1930-1933 (0189)
folder 08
Home of "Seldom-Seen Slim," Ballarat, California in the foothills of thePanamint Mountains, undated (0190)
folder 08
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Episcopal Church, Beatty, 1930 (0191) folder 08
Chloe Lisle talking to Red Mills in front of the barber shop on Main Street,Beatty, 1932 (0192)
folder 08
Lottie Mills, Chloe Lisle, and Jimmy Lisle, 1940-1943 (0193) folder 08
Phillip Lisle, brother of Ralph Lisle, with 3 pack burros heading for atungsten mine located out of Panamint City, California, 1940-1943 (0194)
folder 08
Ralph Lisle with 2 pack burros used to transport supplies and ore to and fromhis tungsten mine located out of Panamint City, California, 1940-1943 (0195)
folder 08
Looking west at the yard of Lottie Mills, mother of Chloe Lisle, Beatty, 1932(0196)
folder 08
Lorraine Thomas, Babe Palsgrove, Chloe Lisle, and Florence Phinney,1930-1933 (0197)
folder 08
Front of the store next to the Exchange Club, Main Street, Beatty, 1930-1933(0198)
folder 08
Warm Springs, Nevada, 1937-1938 (0199) folder 08
Panoramic photographic prints of the Pacific Tungsten Company mine nearDarwin, California, approximately 1950 to 1969
Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints
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Revert Family, 1904-1957Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Revert Family from 1904 to 1957, includingphotographs of the Revert brothers' 76 Station, the Exchange Club, the railroad depot in Rhyolite, Nevada, theBeatty, Nevada water system, ore specimens, and the stagecoach service.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Revert Brothers' 76 Station, located on Main Street, Beatty, 1957 (0200) folder 08
Art Revert filling a bulk truck at the Revert Brothers' Union Oil Bulk Plant,Beatty, 1957 (0201)
folder 09
Interior of the Exchange Club, Beatty, 1950 (0202) folder 09
Interior of the railroad depot at Rhyolite, 1950-1953 (0203) folder 09
Albert Revert, 1930 (0204) folder 09
Cover image of "Minute Man Magazine", 1956 May (0205) folder 09
Revert brothers, Norman, Robert, and Art, on Main Street, Beatty, 1956 May(0206)
folder 09
Dolf Goole works on the first street light in Beatty, 1956 May (0207) folder 09
Service station at Lathrop Wells, 1956 May (0208) folder 09
Death Valley Scotty's Castle, 1956 May (0209) folder 09
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Robert Revert is pictured with a new Ford automobile in Beatty, 1956 May(0210)
folder 09
Mining operation in the vicinity of Beatty, 1956 May (0211) folder 09
Beatty residents gather to view a new Mercury automobile, 1956 May (0212) folder 09
Part of the Beatty, water system, 1956 May (0213) folder 09
Art and Norman Revert examine ore specimens at the Boyd-Endseley MiningCompany Mill, 1956 May (0214)
folder 09
Stagecoach and horses, 1910 (0215) folder 09
Early shot of Tonopah, undated (0216) folder 09
Lighting strike in Tonopah, 1904 (0217) folder 09
Crowell Family, 1914-1987Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders and 1 shared box of negatives)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Crowell Family from 1914 to 1987. Materialsinclude photographs of the mine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains owned by Josiah Irving Crowell, themine's mill, highways in the area, and six panoramic photographs of Beatty.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Don Finley and Jack Parsons obtaining water for Josiah Irving Crowell'smine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains southwest of Beatty, undated(0218)
folder 09
Josiah Irving Crowell's mine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains, 1914(0219)
folder 09
Construction of the mill at Josiah Irving Crowell's mine at Chloride Cliff,undated (0220)
folder 09
Horses pulling part of either a compressor or an engine up the trail to JosiahIrving Crowell's mine at Chloride Cliff, 1914 (0221)
folder 09
Road located near the Oasis Ranch in Fish Lake Valley, 1920-1922 (0222) folder 09
Christmastime in the dugout dwelling occupied by Josiah Irving Crowell,1915 (0223)
folder 09
Negative: Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad as it crossed the Amargosa River,1915 (0224)
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Home of J. Irving Crowell, Jr., and Dorothy Crowell, Beatty, 1919 (0225) folder 09
Surface structures at the Crowell fluorspar mine, located in the CareMountains, 1939-1940 (0226)
folder 10
Aftermath of a flood in Beatty, 1923 (0227) folder 10
Rhyolite, undated (0228) folder 10
Josiah Irving Crowell's mill near his mine at Chloride Cliff, 1915 (0229) folder 10
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Beatty, Nevada, looking to the northwest, undated (0230) folder 10
Camp at the Crowell fluorspar mine located at Bare Mountain, 1940-1943(0231)
folder 10
Beatty, Nevada, taken from the top of the water tank at the Crowell home,1920-1929 (0232)
folder 10
Don Finley at Josiah Irving Crowell's Chloride Cliff mine, 1915 (0233) folder 10
Josiah Irving Crowell in his dugout dwelling at his Chloride Cliff mine, 1915October 12 (0234)
folder 10
Josiah Irving Crowell and his teenage son, J. Irving Crowell, Jr., in a 1917Buick, undated (0235)
folder 10
J. Irving Crowell, Jr., with Jerry, the Airdale, Elizabeth Crowell, JosiahIrving Crowell, Mary Crowell O'Connell, and Annie L. Crowell, 1920 (0236)
folder 10
Main highway across Westgaard Pass in Fish Lake Valley, 1920-1922 (0237) folder 10
Red Rooster Brothel, Beatty, 1947-1953 (0238) folder 10
Candelaria, 1902 (0239) folder 10
Panorama of Beatty, undated (0240) folder 10
Panorama of Beatty, undated (0241) folder 10
Panorama of Beatty, undated (0242) folder 10
Panorama of Beatty, undated (0243) folder 10
Panorama of Beatty, undated (0244) folder 10
Panorama of Beatty, undated (0245) folder 10
Lemmon Family, 1907-1959Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Lemmon Family from 1907 to 1959. Materialsinclude photographs of Main Street, the Beatty Ranch, the Beatty Store, white pioneers who settled in Nevada, theCarrara marble quarry, students, the train depot, and the Beatty chapel.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Looking north on Main Street, Beatty, 1950-1953 (0246) folder 10
Beatty Ranch located on the northeast side of Beatty, undated (0247) folder 10
Beatty Store with Pop Richings and his wife, Beatty, 1930-1939 (0248) folder 10
Looking north on Main Street, Beatty, 1927-1933 (0249) folder 10
Pioneer, Nevada, 1930-1939 (0250) folder 10
Springdale, undated (0251) folder 11
Negative: Springdale, undated (0252) folder 11
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Marble quarry, Carrara, undated (0253) folder 11
Springdale, Nevada, 1907 (0254) folder 11
Mayflower Hotel, Main Street, Beatty, undated (0255) folder 11
Renee Gibson, for many years the postmistress of the Beatty Post Office,Beatty, 1950-1959 (0263)
folder 11
Community Park, Beatty, undated (0264) folder 11
Marble quarry, Carrara, undated (0265) folder 11
Carrara, undated (0266) folder 11
Carrara, undated (0267) folder 11
Schoolteacher and children, Springdale, 1908 (0268) folder 11
Schoolteacher and children, Springdale, 1908 (0269) folder 11
Carrara, undated (0270) folder 11
Fountain in Carrara, undated (0271) folder 11
Palsgrove Family, 1910-1930Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Palsgrove Family from 1910 to 1930. Materialsinclude photographs of Carrara, Nevada, the Gold Ace Mill, the Beatty Episcopal Church, the California Hotel inBeatty, and the Goldfield Hotel.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Carrara, 1928 (0272) folder 11
Truck hauling part of a ball mill of the Gold Ace Mill near Beatty, 1928(0273)
folder 11
Charles E. Phinney working on a concrete form at the Gold Ace Mill, 1928(0274)
folder 11
Gold Ace Mill from the valley, 1929-1930 (0275) folder 11
Carrara, 1927-1929 (0276) folder 12
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Episcopal Church, Beatty, April 1941 (0277) folder 12
Workers unloading a ball mill near Beatty, 1920-1929 (0278) folder 12
House in Carrara, 1920-1929 (0279) folder 12
Front side of the old Town Hall, Beatty, 1930-1939 (0280) folder 12
House and occupant, Beatty, 1930 (0281) folder 12
California Hotel, Main Street, Beatty, 1930 (0282) folder 12
Hot springs located a few miles north of Beatty, 1930 (0283) folder 12
Students at the Beatty School, 1930-1939 (0284) folder 12
Main Street of Beatty School, 1930 (0285) folder 12
Postcard showing a bus stopped at Andre's Grocery Store and Fountain nearthe Exchange Hotel, Main Street, Beatty, 1930 (0286)
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Looking north up main Street, Beatty, 1920 (0287) folder 12
Reidhead Family, 1920-1987Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Reidhead Family from 1920 to 1987. Materialsinclude photographs of fires at the Gold Ace Mill and the Exchange Club, events on Main Street in Beatty,Tonopah and Tidewater railroad cars, and the Beatty Catholic Church.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Looking north up Main Street at the Gold Ace fire, 1940 (0300) folder 13
Looking north up Main Street at the Emergency Medical Clinic, 1951-1952(0301)
folder 13
Labor Day Parade, 1955 (0302) folder 13
Looking south down Main Street toward Daylight Pass, 1947 (0303) folder 13
Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad cars, 1930-1939 (0304) folder 13
Looking north up Main Street at the bridge over the Amargosa River afterflood, 1960-1969 (0305)
folder 13
Negative: Train depot, 1930-1939 (0306) folder 13
Grace Davies with a bobcat that her husband, Fred Davies, had trapped, 1938(0307)
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North side of Judge William Gray's home, Main Street, 1937-1939 (0308)
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Baggage car of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, 1930-1939 (0310) folder 13
Exchange Club fire, 1987 March (0311) folder 13
Looking north up Main Street at the Exchange Club fire, 1987 March (0312) folder 13
Looking north up Main Street, 1954-1956 (0313) folder 13
Pioneer, 1930-1939 (0314) folder 13
Fred Davies, long-time Beatty resident, working in his blacksmith shop atPioneer, 1920-1929 (0315)
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Exchange Club, 1940-1943 (0316) folder 13
Looking north up Main Street, 1941-1942 (0317) folder 13
Chevron Service Station, 1940-1949 (0318) folder 13
Headframe and buildings at the Gold Bar Mine, 1937-1939 (0319) folder 13
Tonopah Club and Ace Club, Tonopah, 1951 July 04 (0320) folder 13
Tonopah, 1951 July 04 (0321) folder 13
Main Street looking south toward Death Valley, 1945 (0322) folder 13
Water tank belonging to the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, 1937-1939(0323)
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Exchange Club fire, 1987 March (0324) folder 13
Tanker truck belonging to the Beatty Volunteer Fire Department, 1987 March(0325)
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Beatty, 1937-1939 (0326) folder 13
Fred Davies standing on top of the adobe monument that marks the boundaryto Death Valley National Monument on the highway to Daylight Pass,1937-1943 (0327)
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Postcard of Shoshone Native American woman named Aurora, 1937 (0328) folder 13
Main Street of Beatty looking to the northwest, undated (0329) folder 13
Possibly Mrs. Heisler or Mrs. Moffatt, 1937-1943 (0330) folder 13
Claudia Davies and her uncle, Jack Davies, at a watering tank on the westside of Daylight Pass, 1948-1949 (0331)
Air Force volunteers from the Indian Springs Air Force Base puttingfinishing touches on construction at the Beatty Catholic Church, 1956 (0358)
folder 14
Miscellaneous, 1907-1989Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (3 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain miscellaneous photographs from Beatty, Nevada from 1907 to 1989,including photographs of buildings in Beatty and an aerial view of the town.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Stage shop, Beatty, Nevada, undated (0001)
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California Hotel, Beatty, Nevada, undated (0002) folder 01
Beatty Store located on Main Street, Beatty, 1930 (0756) folder 30
Interior of the Beatty Store, located on Main Street, Beatty, 1930 (0757) folder 30
Interior of the Beatty Store, located on Main Street, Beatty, 1930 (0758) folder 30
Beatty Store, located on Main Street, Beatty, 1930 (0760) folder 30
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Pahrump, Nevada, 1910-1990Physical Description: 0.7 Linear Feet (8 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from Pahrump, Nevada from 1910 to 1950, and documentthe activities of the Hughes, Ruud, Turner, Wiley, Ford, Hafen, and Brown families. Materials include photographsof animals, ranch work, buildings, cattle, wells, crops, Cathedral Canyon, the airstrip, homesteading grounds, cabins,mushroom clouds from the Nevada Test Site, the First Pahrump Harvest Festival, ranchers, the Pahrump School, thePahrump Trading Post, irrigation systems, Noonday Mill, and the Pahrump Store. Materials also contain photographsof several ranches in the Pahrump Valley, including the Pahrump Ranch, Hidden Hills (Yount) Ranch, Resting SpringRanch, Wiley Ranch, and Hafen Ranch.
Arrangement: Materials are arranged into eight subseries:
Subseries IV.A. Hughes Family, 1910-1990;
Subseries IV.B. Ruud Family, 1958-1981;
Subseries IV.C. Turner Family, 1947-1976;
Subseries IV.D. Wiley Family, 1936-1990;
Subseries IV.E. Ford Family, 1931-1988;
Subseries IV.F. Hafen Family, 1930-1988;
Subseries IV.G. Brown Family (Tecopa-Pahrump), 1910-1950;
Subseries IV.H. Miscellaneous, 1931-1949.
Hughes Family, 1937-1956Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Hughes Family of the Pahrump Ranch from1937 to 1956. Materials include photographs of animals, ranch work, and old buildings.
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Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Kenneth Hughes, brother of Pahrump resident Leon Hughes, atop a calf at thePahrump Ranch, 1937 (0359)
folder 14
Kenneth Hughes on the Pahrump Ranch, 1937 (0360) folder 14
Leon Hughes, son of John R. Hughes, on the Pahrump Ranch, 1938 (0361) folder 14
Two young women at the Pahrump Ranch, 1938 (0362) folder 14
Leon Hughes, son of Pahrump Ranch owner John R. Hughes, in front of the"old motel" located on the Pahrump Ranch, 1938 (0363)
folder 14
Betty Jean Hughes riding a horse, 1938 (0364) folder 14
Betty Jean Hughes riding a calf, 1938 (0365) folder 14
Young stallion named Snit belonging to John Hughes, 1938 (0366) folder 14
Old Stagecoach Hotel, 1938 (0367) folder 14
Leon Hughes in the San Joaquin Valley, California, 1935 (0368) folder 14
Leon Hughes and his horse, 1938 (0369) folder 14
Mustang named Snit corralled on the Pahrump Ranch, 1938 (0370) folder 14
Leon Hughes and his family in the Pahrump Valley, 1954-1956 (0371) folder 14
Ruud Family, 1958-1981Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Ruud Family from 1958 to 1981, includingphotographs of animals, an artesian well, trail riding, harvests, and the Pahrump Harvest Festival.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Robin Ruud stands beside a snowman he and his friend Brian King made,1973 (0372)
folder 14
Mike Floyd heads out of the chute during a junior rodeo, 1974-1976 (0373) folder 14
Robin Ruud with his steer, Moby, at the J.C. Fair, 1970 (0374) folder 14
Jacque Ruud at the pond where she washed clothes, 1958 (0375) folder 14
Joyce Ruud at age four standing before the trailer the family moved fromCalifornia to Pahrump, 1958 (0376)
folder 15
Bob Ruud in the backyard of his new home, 1968 (0377) folder 15
Joyce and Robin Ruud standing in front of their trailer, 1961 (0378) folder 15
Margaret Woner Elgorriagga, Lealla Woner Upton, Frank Woner, LouisWoner Clark, Jacque Woner Ruud, and Charlotte Woner Floyd at CharlotteWoner Floyd's home, 1983 (0379)
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Artesian well used for washing, play, and irrigation, 1958 (0380) folder 15
Rick Ruud after jackrabbit hunt, 1969-1970 (0381) folder 15
El Riata trail ride, 1960-1969 (0382) folder 15
El Riata trail ride, 1960-1969 (0383) folder 15
Bob Ruud with his granddaughter Ricky, 1980 (0384) folder 15
Jacque Ruud and her mother, Mildred Hensley Woner at Pernicano's ItalianRestaurant, 1981 (0385)
folder 15
Bob Ruud and his youngest son, Robin, in front of Frank Woner's house,1965 (0386)
folder 15
El Riata trail ride, 1960-1969 (0387) folder 15
El Riata trail ride, 1960-1969 (0388) folder 15
Bob Ruud wrapping meat for the Pahrump Harvest Festival, 1970-1973(0389)
folder 15
Jacque Ruud at the cotton gin, 1963-1964 (0390) folder 15
Pahrump 4-H youngsters at a greased pig contest, 1968-1969 (0391) folder 15
Rick Ruud with daughter Ricky down at the hay-cubing barn, undated (0392) folder 15
Simkins Ranch, 1975 (0393) folder 15
Charlotte Woner Floyd's home, 1983 (0394) folder 15
Neighbors help the Ruuds break ground for their new home, 1968 September(0395)
folder 15
Al and Lynn Bells balling what probably is alfalfa on the Simkins Ranch,1975 (0396)
folder 15
Max Hafen, Bob Ruud, and Tim Hafen celebrate the completion of a cattlechute on the Ruuds' Basin Ranch, undated (0397)
folder 15
Joyce Ruud shows her steer, Dynamite, at the J.C. Fair in Las Vegas, 1970(0398)
folder 15
Pahrump 4-H youngsters at a greased pig contest, 1968-1969 (0399) folder 15
Turner Family, 1947-1976Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Turner Family from 1947 to 1976, includingphotographs of the Pahrump Ranch, cattle, wells, and crops.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Grapevines on Frank "Pop" Buol's place, 1947 (0400) folder 16
Nan Crutchfield at the entrance to the Pahrump Ranch, 1947 October (0401) folder 16
Registered Hereford cattle, 1947 (0402)
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Irrigating grain or alfalfa, 1950-1953 (0403) folder 16
Stanley Adams examining a new pump well on the Shurtliff Ranch, 1955(0404)
folder 16
Cotton crop, undated (0405) folder 16
Bill and Frances "Dutch" Turner at Dutch's testimonial, 1976 (0406) folder 16
Apricot trees on Frank "Pop" Buol's place, 1947 (0407) folder 16
Tom and Ben Ward in cotton field, 1950-1953 (0408) folder 16
Stacks of baled hay, 1947 (0409) folder 16
Ben Ward driving a tractor on the Pahrump Ranch, 1950-1953 (0410) folder 16
Walt Williams on the Pahrump Ranch Air Strip, 1959 (0411) folder 16
Cotton trailers in front of the cotton gin, undated (0412) folder 16
Wiley Family, 1936-1990Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Wiley Family from 1936 to 1990, includingphotographs of several ranches in the Pahrump Valley, especially the Hidden Hills (Yount) Ranch and the WileyRanch. Materials also include photographs of Cathedral Canyon, the airstrip, homesteading grounds, and cabins.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Willow trees bordering both sides of the first road that led to the old YountRanch, 1937 (0413)
Dora Lee Brown and her niece on the Yount, or Hidden Hills, Ranch,1930-1939 (0415)
folder 16
Elmer Bowman and Roland Wiley are pictured in a cotton field on the ManseRanch, 1950-1953 (0416)
folder 16
Granddaughter of Dora Lee Brown near the spring at Dora's place on theYount Ranch, 1940-1943 (0417)
folder 16
Granddaughter of Dora Lee Brown near the spring at Dora's place on theYount Ranch, 1940-1943 (0418)
folder 16
Hoot Gibson, a western cowboy actor, and Mrs. Elderbrook, then crownedMrs. America, landing on Roland Wiley's Hidden Hills Ranch airstrip,1950-1953 (0419)
folder 16
Fred Kennedy riding a gaited horse owned by Roland Wiley at CathedralCanyon, 1939 (0420)
folder 16
Cathedral Canyon in Hidden Hills Ranch, Pahrump Valley, 1950-1960(0421)
folder 16
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Visitors at the Hidden Hills Ranch, 1950-1959 (0422) folder 16
Roland Wiley and Elmer Bowman visit Harry and Mary Sackett, a NativeAmerican couple living on the Manse Ranch, 1990 (0423)
folder 16
Homestead house constructed on John Yount's homestead location, undated(0424)
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Airstrip, undated (0425) folder 16
Cabins located on the Yount Ranch, 1950-1959 (0426) folder 17
Cattle trails located on the Hidden Hills Ranch, undated (0427) folder 17
Riders and horses at the mouth of Torpedo Canyon, 1947-1949 (0428) folder 17
Buildings located on Roland Wiley's Hidden Hills Ranch, undated (0429) folder 17
Aerial view of the Hidden Hills Ranch, 1980 (0430) folder 17
Melon irrigation system, 1967 (0431) folder 17
Unidentified persons and melons grown on the California side of RolandWiley's ranch, 1967 (0432)
folder 17
Truck, farm workers, and melons grown on Roland Wiley's ranch, 1967(0433)
folder 17
Mummified remains of a Native American known as Queho, 1940-1943(0434)
folder 17
Cathedral Canyon, 1971 (0435) folder 17
Suspension bridge and the statue of Christ at Cathedral Canyon, 1987-1989(0436)
folder 17
Suspension bridge and the statue of Christ at Cathedral Canyon, 1987-1989(0437)
folder 17
Aerial view of Cathedral Canyon, 1986 (0438) folder 17
Aerial view of Cathedral Canyon, 1987-1989 (0439) folder 17
Christ of the Andes statue located at Cathedral Canyon, 1980 (0440) folder 17
Hidden Hills Ranch, 1950 (0441) folder 17
Roland Wiley at the entrance to Cathedral Canyon, 1980 (0442) folder 17
Roland Wiley seated in the canyon with the suspension bridge, 1989 (0443) folder 17
Pheasants raised for hunting at Hidden Hills Ranch, 1950-1959 (0444) folder 17
Ford Family, 1931-1988Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Ford Family from 1931 to 1988. Materialsinclude photographs of cowboys working, mushroom clouds from the Nevada Test Site, the First Pahrump HarvestFestival, ranchers, the Pahrump School, and photocopies of documents such as the front page of the PahrumpValley Times and the telephone directory.
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Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Stanley Ford and his new six-cylinder Chevrolet truck, 1931 (0445) folder 17
Cowboys branding a calf on the Manse Ranch, 1940-1949 (0446) folder 17
Raycraft Ranch, 1940 (0447) folder 17
House on the Raycraft Ranch, 1945 (0448) folder 17
Atomic mushroom cloud from a test at the Nevada Test Site, 1952-1953(0449)
folder 17
Harry "Button" Ford and his 1946 Ford convertible, 1955 (0450) folder 17
First Pahrump Harvest Festival, 1964 September 05 (0451) folder 18
First Pahrump Harvest Festival, 1964 September 05 (0452) folder 18
John Deere tractor purchased by Stanley Ford, undated (0453) folder 18
Head frame of the Johnnie Mine, 1987 (0454) folder 18
Remains of the home of Jack Longstreet, 1983 July (0455) folder 18
Remains of the home of Jack Longstreet, 1983 July (0456) folder 18
Students at the Pahrump School, 1945 (0457) folder 18
Automobile used a school bus in Pahrump, 1945 (0458) folder 18
Grader removing snow from Pahrump Valley, 1960 (0459) folder 18
Well-drilling rig owned and operated by Stanley Ford, 1948 (0460) folder 18
Pahrump School, 1948 (0461) folder 18
Stanley Ford operating the controls of his well-drilling equipment, undated(0462)
folder 18
Cabin once occupied by Jack Longstreet in Ash Meadows, 1983 July (0463) folder 18
Johnnie Mine, 1983 (0464) folder 18
Hattie Todd Ford, 1946 (0465) folder 18
Stanely Ford, 1946 (0466) folder 18
Cover of the official program for ceremonies opening the Pahrump-LasVegas Highway over Mountain Spring Pass, 1954 September 26 (0467)
folder 18
Cover of the first Pahrump Valley, Nevada, telephone directory, 1965 March06 (0468)
folder 18
Page from Pahrump Valley, Nevada, telephone directory, 1965 March 06(0469)
folder 18
Front page of the Pahrump Valley Times, 1971 January (0470) folder 18
Page of the Pahrump Valley Times, 1971 January (0471) folder 18
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Hafen Family, 1930-1988Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Hafen Ranch and the Hafen Family from 1930to 1988, including photographs of Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt, wells, animals, fields, residents of Goldfield,Nevada, and the Pahrump Trading Post.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Jack Soules Memorial Golf Tournament, 1986 (0472) folder 18
Governor Paul Laxalt, 1967-1969 (0473) folder 18
School class, 1970 (0474) folder 18
Tim Hafen, Janie Hafen, Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt, and Greg Hafen,1967-1969 (0475)
folder 18
Hafen Ranch, 1967 (0476) folder 19
Tim Hafen, Mesquite, 1947 (0477) folder 19
Aerial view of the Pahrump Trading Post, 1947 (0478) folder 19
Tim Hafen at Well No. 5 on his ranch, 1964 (0479) folder 19
Peppermint Palace, 1970-1973 (0480) folder 19
Cottonseed bins at the Nevada Cotton Gin, 1970-1979 (0481) folder 19
Horses and a cow in a pasture on Tim Hafen's property, 1970 (0482) folder 19
Cotton fields belonging to Tim Hafen, 1970-1979 (0483) folder 19
International cotton picker, 1970-1979 (0484) folder 19
Ralph Zimmerman, Joe Drew, Justice of the Peace of Goldfield, William P.Beko, Nye County District Attorney, an unidentified woman, and Tim Hafen,Goldfield, 1967-1973 (0487)
folder 19
Sandy Hafen's birthday party and some of her friends, 1970 (0488) folder 19
Function held by Calcot Ltd., a Pahrump marketing association, 1962 (0489) folder 19
Tim Hafen with Wayne Kirch, who was active in Nevada Fish and Gameaffairs and was Nevada Fish and Game Commissioner, 1980-1983 (0490)
folder 19
North end of the Hafen Ranch, 1980 (0491) folder 19
Pahrump Trading Post, 1947 (0492) folder 19
Home of Tim Hafen, 1964 (0493) folder 19
Hidden Hills Ranch, 1947 (0494) folder 19
Interior of the Nevada Cotton Gin, 1977-1979 (0495)
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Cotton fields belonging to Tim Hafen, 1970 (0496) folder 19
Nevada Farm Bureau staff inspect cotton fields belonging to Tim Hafen,1976 (0497)
folder 19
Pahrump Valley rancher Tim Hafen receives the Outstanding Young FarmerAward, presented by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for Governor CharlesRussell. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson, presented theaward. U.S. Senator Molly Malone stands in the background with BeldonKatleman, owner of the El Rancho, undated (0498)
folder 19
Aerial view of the Pahrump Trading Post, 1947 (0499) folder 19
Building on Ray Van Horn's place on the Dollar Ranch, 1947 (0500) folder 20
Fall Festival Parade, 1980-1983 (0501) folder 20
Aerial view of an unidentified ranch, perhaps the Pahrump Ranch, undated(0502)
folder 20
The Cotton Pickin' Saloon near Highway 372, 1970 (0503) folder 20
Lois Kellogg at an unknown location with a Russian wolfhound dog, 1915(0504)
folder 20
Lois Kellogg, 1930 (0505) folder 20
Lois Kellogg, 1930 (0506) folder 20
Brown Family (Tecopa-Pahrump), 1910-1950Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Brown Family in the Tecopa-Pahrump area ofNevada from 1910 to 1950. Materials include photographs of Resting Spring Ranch, the Sherman Indian School inRiverside, California, irrigation systems, the Hidden Ranch, Noonday Mill, the Pahrump Store, and the PahrumpRanch.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Baling hay at the Resting Spring Ranch near Tecopa, California, 1910 (0507) folder 20
Dora Lee Brown, sister of Bob Lee and mother of Steve Brown, panning goldnear the Resting Spring Ranch, 1915 (0508)
folder 20
Team and freight wagons, perhaps at the town of Johnnie, 1910 (0509) folder 20
Resting Spring Ranch, undated (0510) folder 20
Students at the Sherman Indian School at Riverside, California, 1910 (0511) folder 20
Stacking hay, possibly at the Resting Spring Ranch, 1925 (0512) folder 20
Irrigation at the Resting Spring Ranch near Tecopa, California, 1915 (0513) folder 20
Unidentified photograph, possibly of Tecopa-Pahrump, undated (0514) folder 20
Noonday Mill, located not far from Tecopa, California, undated (0515) folder 20
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John Yount's home on the Hidden Ranch, 1917 (0516) folder 20
Model-A Ford belonging to Bob Lee, undated (0517) folder 20
Philander Lee sitting in a buckboard with his daughter, Dora Lee Brown,1915 (0518)
folder 20
Pahrump Store, 1920 (0519) folder 20
Dick Lee, Bob Lee, Clara Lee, Dora Lee, all children of Philander and MopsLee, 1910 (0520)
folder 20
Men drinking, undated (0521) folder 20
Steve Brown, Marcus Fizaldi, and Steve Brown's uncle, Bob Lee, in front ofBob Lee's home in the Pahrump Valley, 1938 (0522)
folder 20
Corral on the Pahrump Ranch, 1950 (0523) folder 20
Maimie Steve and Bob Brown, 1940-1949 (0524) folder 20
Bob Lee and his Model-A, undated (0525) folder 20
Two men and dogs, undated (0526) folder 20
Miscellaneous, 1931-1949Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain two photographs from Pahrump, Nevada, from 1931 and 1949. Thefirst photograph depicts L.A. "Rusty" Horgan in Pahrump in 1949, and the second is the front page of the LasVegas Evening Review Journal with a headline about a murder in Pahrump in 1931.
Front page of Las Vegas Evening Review Journal with headline Concerning"Murder at Pahrump", 1931 January 22 (0763)
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Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada, 1900-1988Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet (14 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Smoky Valley and Round Mountain area from 1905to 1980, and document the activities of the Carver, Carver-Duhme, Carver-Book, Rogers, Lofthouse-Berg, and Zavalfamilies. Materials include photographs of Carver's Station, ranching, community events, animals, placer mining,Round Mountain Hotel, Round Mountain High School, mills, Main Street in Tonopah, and the Belmont Mine.
Arrangement: Materials are arranged into four subseries:
Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley), 1905-1980;
Subseries V.B. Rogers Family (Smoky Valley), 1950-1952;
Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Family (Round Mountain), 1909-1988;
Subseries V.D. Zaval Family (Smoky Valley and Round Mountain), 1900-1933.
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Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley), 1905-1980Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet (5 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book familiesfrom 1905 to 1980. Materials include photographs of the Carver Ranch, Wardenot pasture, and Round MountainHigh School. Materials also include photographs of Carver's Station, a cafe built on Nevada Route 376.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Gerald Miller Carver, Carver's Station, 1950 (0829) folder 33
Gerald Miller Carver working on the northeast corner of the dance hall,Carver's Station, 1950 (0830)
folder 33
Gerald Miller Carver pictured with his oldest son Dick, Carver's Ranch, 1945(0831)
folder 33
Gerald Miller with Dick and Gary Carver, 1949 (0832) folder 33
Gerald Miller Carver pictured with his oldest son Dick, Toiyabe Mountains,1945 (0833)
folder 33
Jean Carver pictured with son Dick in front of the old ranch house on theCarver Ranch, 1947 (0834)
folder 33
Robert William "Bill" Carver, 1946 (0835) folder 33
Gerald Miller Carver in Hermosillo, Mexico, 1949 (0836) folder 33
Gerald Miller Carver at beach in Southern California, 1951 (0837) folder 33
Gerald Miller Carver on boat, Lake Mead, 1950-1953 (0838) folder 33
Negative: Irrigation reservoir on old Turner Ranch, 1905 (0839) folder 33
Corral and buildings located on the Turner Ranch, 1908 (0840) folder 33
Outbuildings and corrals located on the Carver Ranch, 1947-1949 (0841) folder 33
Ed Turner's cabin on Carver Ranch, undated (0842) folder 33
Old ranch house, undated (0843) folder 33
Old ranch house, undated (0844) folder 33
Fish ponds located on the Carver Ranch, 1948 (0845) folder 33
Remains of the Combination Mill located east of Belmont, 1950-1953 (0846) folder 33
Belmont cemetery, 1950-1953 (0847) folder 33
Stack at the remains of the mill located east of Belmont, 1950-1953 (0848) folder 33
Looking west toward the town of Belmont, undated (0849) folder 33
Looking west toward Devil's Canyon from the ranch house on the CarverRanch, 1948 (0850)
folder 33
Carver's Station, 1950 (0851) folder 34
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Original bar, Carver's Station, 1948 (0852) folder 34
Carver's Station, 1949 (0853) folder 34
Carver's Station, 1953 (0854) folder 34
Carver's Station turkey shoot, 1950 (0855) folder 34
Carver Ranch and Carver's Station, 1956 (0856) folder 34
Carver Ranch and Carver's Station, 1956 (0857) folder 34
Looking west up the canyon into the headwaters of North Twin River,Toiyabe Mountains, 1949 (0858)
folder 34
Vicinity of the Wardenot pasture, looking down the canyon, ToiyabeMountains, 1949 (0859)
Picnic for returning veterans, North Twin River, 1946 April 28 (0907) folder 36
Community picnic, North Twin River, 1946 (0908) folder 36
Jean Carver Duhme and son Dick in Jean Carver's home on the Carter Ranch,1945 April (0909)
folder 36
Dick Carver, Jean Carver Duhme, and Gary Carver in Jean Carver Duhme'shome, Carvers's Station, 1974 (0910)
folder 36
Aerial view of Carver's Station, 1965 (0911) folder 36
Carver's Station, 1957 (0912) folder 36
Jean Carver Duhme pumping gas at Carver's Station, 1954 (0913) folder 36
E. Critchfield, Round Mountain resident and the town's last constable and lastjustice of peace; Amy Farrington; Mamma Jo Francisco, undated (0914)
folder 36
Diesel pump located across the highway from Carver's Station, undated(0915)
folder 36
Jean Carver Duhme standing in front of Carver's Station, 1952 February(0916)
folder 36
Smokestack from the old Combination Mill located at Belmont, 1952 (0917) folder 36
Picnic held in Kingston Canyon, 1949 (0918) folder 36
Picnic held in Kingston Canyon, 1949 (0919) folder 36
Hamilton Ott, Gary Carver, Dick Carver, and family, 1949 (0920) folder 36
Community members at a picnic in North Twin River, undated (0921)
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Carver's Station, 1947 (0922) folder 36
Laura Stebbins Darrough, 1947 (0923) folder 36
Barney Brownhill with Gary and Dick Carver, Carver's Station, 1949 (0924) folder 36
Jean Carver Duhme's first new car, a 1955 Mercury, undated (0925) folder 36
Students at the Round Mountain school and their teacher, 1953 (0926) folder 37
Jean Carver Duhme with Chi Hiedeman and the first deer that Jean shot,1949 (0927)
folder 37
One of the first pictures taken at Carver's Station, 1948 (0928) folder 37
Aunt Kit Anderson, a resident of Manhattan, Nevada, 1950 (0929) folder 37
Jean Carver Duhme working at the grill at Carver's Station, undated (0930) folder 37
Jean Carver Duhme at the bar at Carver's Station, 1952 (0931) folder 37
Man putting gas in automobile, 1954 (0932) folder 37
First photo taken of the Carver's Station, then known as Smoky Valley RanchBar and Cafe, 1948 (0933)
folder 37
Carver's Station, 1957 (0934) folder 37
Frank Penola, 1980 (0935) folder 37
Carver's Station, 1952 (0936) folder 37
Fred Melleis and Dick and Gary Carver, Carver's Station, 1949 (0937) folder 37
Musicians at Carver's Station, 1958 (0938) folder 37
Eva Craft and her first doe, undated (0939) folder 37
Lona Williamson behind the lunch counter at Carver's Station, undated(0940)
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Carvery's Station, 1950 (0941) folder 37
Dick Carver and daught Marcy, 1969 (0942) folder 37
Musicians at Carver's Station, 1958 (0943) folder 37
Rogers Family (Smoky Valley), 1950-1952Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain four photographs from the Rogers Family from 1950 to 1952,including two photographs of calves being branded, a photograph of the Belmont Courthouse, and a photograph ofcattle on the Wine Glass Ranch.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Branding calves at the Wine Glass Ranch, 1951 (0891) folder 35
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Belmont Courthouse, undated (0892) folder 35
Pete Rogers and Dan Berg moving cattle form the corral to the pasture on theWine Glass Ranch, 1950-1959 (0893)
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Armando Francisco, Pete Rogers, and Dan Berg branding calves, 1951(0894)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Lofthouse-Berg Family from 1909 to 1988.Materials include photographs of placer miners, Native American children, Round Mountain schools, RoundMountain Hotel, animals, Round Mountain Gold Corporation, treatments of Fulton Little Kelsay for infantileparalysis, New Gold Mine, and Main Street in Tonopah. Materials also include photographs of ranches aroundRound Mountain, including the Berg Ranch and the Kelsay Ranch.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Ranch located in the Stone Cabin Valley area owned by Fulton Little Kelsay,1920-1929 (0947)
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Sawing wood using the rear wheel of a truck to power the saw, undated(0948)
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Lillian Berg and an unidentified friend pictured with Round Mountain in thebackground, 1920 (0949)
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Placer miners using hydraulic methods, undated (0950) folder 37
Home constructed by Will Berg in Round Mountain, 1917 (0951) folder 38
Round Mountain, 1910 (0952) folder 38
Native American children, undated (0953) folder 38
Summit of Round Mountain, 1915 August 01 (0954) folder 38
Native American family, undated (0955) folder 38
Miners pictured at a mine site perhaps in the vicinity of Round Mountain,undated (0956)
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Getta and Dan Berg, children of Lillian and Will Berg of Round Mountain,1921 (0957)
folder 38
Lillian Yeager Berg with her firstborn Dan on the front porch of her home,1916 (0958)
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Building and snow drifts in Round Mountain, 1940 (0959) folder 38
Round Mountain Hotel and snow drifts, 1930-1939 (0960) folder 38
Round Mountain High School students, 1931 (0961) folder 38
Round Mountain High School students, 1929 (0962) folder 38
Pond possibly located on the Berg Ranch, Smoky Valley, undated (0963) folder 38
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Karl "Skook" Berg riding a horse named Pardner on the Berg Ranch, 1928(0964)
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Actors in a school play in costume, 1915 (0965) folder 38
Georgetta Louise Berg Jakowatz, her husband Frank Jakowatz, DianeLofthouse Goldie, Frank and Sandra Farrington at Farrington Home inThousand Oaks, California, 1988 (0967)
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Grandchildren of Shirley Ann Lofthouse, Rock Springs, Wyoming, 1989December (0968)
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Getta Berg, Dan Berg and a boy named Carroll in the front yard of the BergHome, 1921 (0969)
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Will Berg and his firstborn, Dan, pictured in the front yard of the Berg Home,1916 (0970)
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Lucille Berg, daughter of John berg, and Dan and Getta Berg, children ofWill and Lillian Berg, 1920 (0971)
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Lillian Yeager (Berg) prior to her marriage, pictured with friend Audrey,1910 (0972)
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Shirley Ann Berg (Lofthouse) pictured in front of the bottle cellar constructednext to the family home by her father in Round Mountain, 1946 (0973)
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Community of Round Mountain, Nevada, as viewed from the vicinity of theFairview Mine, 1940 (0974)
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Fulton Little Kelsay and a female companion from New York who visitedKelsay, 1923 (0975)
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Fulton Little Kelsay at a location of his ranch, 1923 (0976) folder 39
Restaurant specializing in hamburgers located on Main Street, 1949 (0977) folder 39
Getta Louise, daughter of Shirley Ann Lofthouse, and Getta's daughterMelissa Rose, 1987 (0978)
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Shirley Ann Lofthouse with Andre Douchane, general manager of the RoundMountain Gold Corporation operations, undated (0979)
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Shirley Ann Berg Lofthouse, William Eugene Bert Berg, and Georgetta BergJakowatz, children of Lillian and Will Berg, 1983 (0981)
Karl "Skook" and Arlene Berg, 1987 (0983) folder 39
Hotel, Round Mountain, following a flood, 1931 August 12 (0984) folder 39
Native American girl, possibly named Topsy, 1912 (0985) folder 39
Unidentified woman in a cabin in the vicinity of Round Mountain, possiblyaround the Black Jack Mine, undated (0986)
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Bathroom of a house, Tonopah, 1959 (0987) folder 39
Unidentified friend of Fulton Little Kelsay, 1923 (0988)
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Richard Carver and daughter Marcy at Marcy's wedding held in the schoolgymnasium, 1985 (0989)
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Sunnyside Mine, 1940 (0990) folder 39
Irene "Rene" Rogers Berg Zaval and Georgetta "Getta" Berg FarringtonJakowatz, 1985 February (0991)
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Gary Carver, Jean Carver Duhme; behind Jean Carver Duhme is her husbandR.M. Duhme, Bertie Carver, Roger Berg, Ann Berg, Irene "Rene" RogersBerg Zaval, Bobby Berg, Kenny Berg, at a gathering in recognition of ReneZaval's 25 years of service at Carver's Station, 1985 (0992)
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Buildings and mill located in Jefferson Canyon near Round Mountain,1940-1949 (0993)
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Judge William Beko and Shirley Ann Berg Lofthouse at the wedding ofMarcy Carver, 1985 (0994)
1941 Ford pickup flatbed truck belong to Karl "Skook" Berg heading for acamping trip, 1969 (0996)
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Lillian Yeager Berg pictured with her firstborn, Dan, 1915 (0997) folder 39
Mill building in Jefferson Canyon, undated (0998) folder 39
Lillian Yeager Berg pictured in front of her home in Round Mountain, 1920(0999)
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Fulton Little Kelsay and patients at a sanatorium specializing in the treatmentof disabilities arising from infantile paralysis, located in Missouri, 1920(1000)
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Mother of Fulton Little Kelsay and her granddaughter Ione at a ranch, 1923(1001)
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Residential structure located on the Kelsay Ranch, 1923 (1002) folder 40
Unidentified child pictured at the Kelsay Ranch, 1920 (1003) folder 40
Home in the Kelsay Ranch area, 1923 (1004) folder 40
Dianne Marie Lofthouse, firstborn to Shirley Ann Lofthouse, 1953 (1005) folder 40
Angie, Fulton Little Kelsay's sister, photo perhaps taken in Tonopah, undated(1006)
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Fulton Little Kelsay after suffering from infantile paralysis, 1920 December07 (1007)
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Fulton Little Kelsay at a treatment facility in Missouri, 1921 April 21 (1008) folder 40
White truck belonging to the Berg family, 1919 (1009) folder 40
Mining operation at Round Mountain, 1920 (1010) folder 40
Cabin located in the mountains in the vicinity of Round Mountain, undated(1011)
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Lillian Yeager Berg pretending she is going to hit her aunt, Katie RogersBerg, wife of Karl Berg, in a bit of horseplay, 1920-1929 (1012)
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Lillian Yeager Berg, an unidentified woman, and Lillian's son, Dan, 1917(1013)
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Lillian Yeager Berg pictured in the back yard of her home in RoundMountain, 1915 (1014)
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Fulton Little Kelsay at the facility in Missouri where he received treatmentfor infantile paralysis, 1921 (1015)
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Fulton Little Kelsay at the facility in Missouri where he received treatmentfor infantile paralysis, 1921 (1016)
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Fanny and Jessie, sisters of Will Berg, in Los Angeles, California, undated(1017)
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Berg family and friends, 1946 January 05 (1018) folder 40
Berg Ranch, 1950-1959 (1019) folder 40
Will Berg, 1947-1949 (1020) folder 40
Heavy snows in the Smoky Valley, 1936 (1021) folder 40
Cabin occupied by the Manley Family, 1940-1949 (1022) folder 40
Mill, undated (1023) folder 40
White truck belonging to Will Berg hauling pipe used in the constructionof the Round Mountain town water system constructed by Berg, 1920-1929(1024)
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Hydraulic system used in placer mining, 1926 (1025) folder 40
Main Street, 1930-1939 (1028) folder 41
Stebbins and Round Mountain peaks, 1926 (1029) folder 41
View of the courthouse looking to the south, Tonopah, 1950-1953 (1030) folder 41
Will Berg pictured with his firstborn son, Dan, 1915 (1031) folder 41
Oldest children of Shirley Ann Berg Lofthouse, Dianne Marie and CarolAnn, East Ely, 1956 (1032)
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Round Mountain looking east toward Mount Jefferson, 1942 (1033) folder 41
Mining operation, undated (1034) folder 41
Two miners and a tunnel, undated (1035) folder 41
Building located in the vicinity of the Sunnyside Mine, 1940 (1036) folder 41
Man and an abandoned gallows frame, undated (1037) folder 41
Horsedrawn hay wagon and workers on Kelsay Ranch, 1923 (1038) folder 41
House belonging to the Fred Stegmeyer family located near the foothillsnorth of Round Mountain, 1940-1949 (1039)
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Haying on the Fulton Little Kelsay Ranch, 1923 (1040) folder 41
Victor Mine and surface facilities, Tonopah, 1926 (1041) folder 41
Drilling crews at the New Gold Mine, 1936 (1042) folder 41
Two cowboys in the vicinity of the Stone Cabin Valley, undated (1043) folder 41
Angie French, sister to Fulton Little Kelsay, with her son in Tonopah, 1923(1044)
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Karl "Skook" Berg home on furlough from the armed services, 1943 (1045) folder 41
Shirley Ann Berg (Lofthouse) pictured with her brother's horse Comanche onthe Berg Ranch, 1948 (1046)
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Post Office, Main Street, 1948 (1047) folder 41
Grandma Kelsay, mother of Fulton Little Kelsay, pictured on the BergRanch, 1926 (1048)
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Lillian Yeager Berg, 1920 (1049) folder 41
Packard automobile belonging to Fulton Little Kelsay, 1937-1939 (1050) folder 41
Jessie and Fanny, sisters to Will Berg, pictured in Los Angeles, California,1940-1949 (1051)
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Shirley Ann Berg (Lofthouse), 1933 (1052) folder 42
Truck parked at the Stegmeyer home located just north of Round Mountain,1940-1949 (1053)
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Members of the Will Berg extended family, 1936 December 05 (1054) folder 42
Kate Logan and her brother Roy pictured in front of a house on the BergRanch, undated (1055)
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Children of Shirley Ann Berg Lofthouse in the parking lot of the Echo Bayoffices in Reno, 1988 (1056)
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Top of Round Mountain, 1915 (1057) folder 42
Native American woman named Mayme, 1932 (1058) folder 42
Sunnyside Mill, 1947-1949 (1059) folder 42
Lillian Gladys Yeager Berg and William Henry Berg following theirmarriage in Shoshone Canyon, 1914 (1060)
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Portrait of Lillian Gladys Yeager Berg and William Henry Berg, 1915 (1061) folder 42
William H. Berg delivery milk on a sled, 1925 (1062) folder 42
Placer operation, 1937-1939 (1063) folder 42
Postcard of Tonopah, 1912 (1064) folder 42
Buildings during the winter in Round Mountain, undated (1065) folder 42
Main Street, Tonopah, 1930-1939 (1066) folder 42
Berg children, 1954 (1067)
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Office building for Nevada Porphyry, 1951 (1068) folder 42
Dan Berg and Dan Thomas in front of the Berg Home, 1917 (1069) folder 42
Lillian Gladys Yeager Berg on a horsedrawn sled, 1924 (1070) folder 42
John Berg's garage, 1947-1949 (1071) folder 42
Stage service in Round Mountain and Dorothy Darrough, 1947-1949 (1072) folder 42
Jeannie Hugh, Dianne Lofthouse, Cynthia Kielhack, and Carol Lofthousegetting ready for prom, 1968 (1073)
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Jeannie Hugh, Dianne Lofthouse, Cynthia Kielhack, and Carol Lofthouseready for prom, 1968 (1074)
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Berg family reunion, 1988 May (1075) folder 42
Grace Wohlgemuth, aunt of Lillian Yeager Berg, and Lucille Berg, 1988May (1076)
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Grandma Berg, mother of Will Berg, 1900-1910 (1077) folder 43
John Berg's garage, 1947-1949 (1078) folder 43
Buick automobile pictured in front of John Berg's garage, 1946 (1079) folder 43
Lillian Gladys Yeager Berg and husband Will Berg, 1914 (1080) folder 43
Students from the Round Mountain School, 1939 (1081) folder 43
Wranglers in the Stone Cabin-Little Fish Valley area, 1943 (1082) folder 43
Aerial view of the Round Mountain Gold Company's mining operation,1984-1986 (1083)
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Workers at the Indian Mine Round Mountain, 1905 (1084) folder 43
Sunnyside Mill, 1905 (1085) folder 43
Round Mountain, 1909 November 27 (1086) folder 43
Will Berg's home in Round Mountain, 1915 (1087) folder 43
Thomas, Georgetta, and Will Berg, taking a ride in a Travelair biplane pilotedby Garland Lincoln and stunt pilot Walter "Suicide Slim" Cahill, 1936 June25 (1088)
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Zaval Family (Smoky Valley and Round Mountain), 1900-1933Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Zaval Family from 1900 to 1933. Materialsinclude photographs of the R.O. Ranch, Millett Ranch, Berg Ranch, Belmont Mine, and the Berg brothers' store inRound Mountain.
Irene "Rene" Rogers Berg Zaval and her friend Vera when they worked aswaitresses at the Round Mountain boardinghouse, 1930-1939 (1133)
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Norman "Curly" Coombs and Irene "Rene" Rogers Berg Zaval on a picnic onRound Mountain, 1933 (1134)
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Round Mountain, 1910 (1135) folder 45
Hupmobile touring car belonging to the Rogers family, undated (1135a) folder 45
Irene "Rene" Rogers Berg Zaval and her horse Trump at the Wine GlassRanch, 1932 (1136)
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Round Mountain, 1906 July 01 (1137) folder 45
School and students at the R.O. Ranch, 1927-1929 (1138) folder 45
Postcard of Belmont Mine, Tonopah, 1912 (1139) folder 45
Berg brothers' store in Round Mountain, 1915 (1140) folder 45
Berg brothers' store in Round Mountain, 1915 (1141) folder 45
School at the R.O. Ranch, Smoky Valley, 1927 June 06 (1142) folder 45
Grace Anderson Rogers, mother of Irene "Rene" Rogers Berg Zaval, at theR.O. Ranch, 1922 (1143)
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Grace Anderson Rogers, 1922 (1144) folder 45
Haying at the R.O. Ranch, 1924 (1145) folder 45
Haying at the R.O. Ranch, 1920 (1146) folder 45
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Ben Anderson, Joe McCann, and Alec Anderson wearing chaps, 1910-1920(1147)
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Freight wagons coming into the Millett Ranch, undated (1148) folder 45
Postcard of Round Mountain, 1917 (1149) folder 45
Ben and Pete Rogers on the Wine Glass Ranch, 1930 February 04 (1150) folder 45
Irene "Rene" Rogers Berg Zaval's grandmother and grandfather, Catherineand Charlie Anderson, 1901 (1151)
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Grandma Catherine Anderson with some of her children, 1915 (1152) folder 45
Catherine McCann Anderson, 1925 (1153) folder 45
Dan Berg, 1952 (1154) folder 45
Dan and Irene "Rene" Rogers Berg Zaval, 1940 (1155) folder 45
Portrait of Grace Anderson Rogers and Ben Rogers, 1916 (1156) folder 45
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Tonopah, Nevada, 1902-1989Physical Description: 0.8 Linear Feet (10 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the ranches and mining operations around Tonopah,Nevada from 1902 to 1989. Materials include photographs of residents of the town of Tonopah, the tungsten mine inSmoky Valley, Railroad Valley and Iron Canyon, mills, Stewart Indian School in Carson City, Stone Valley, TerrellMine, and bars and clubs in Tonopah.
Arrangement: Materials are arranged in seven subseries:
Subseries VI.A. Bradshaw Family (Goldfield-Tonopah), 1919-1984;
Subseries VI.B. Coombs Family, 1935-1985;
Subseries VI.C. Hooper Family, 1902-1942;
Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family, 1918-1943;
Subseries VI.E. Moore Family, 1906-1946;
Subseries VI.F. Poots-Cirac Family, 1911-1970;
Subseries VI.G. Miscellaneous, 1907-1989.
Bradshaw Family (Goldfield-Tonopah), 1919-1984Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Bradshaw Family in the Goldfield-Tonopaharea from 1919 to 1984. Materials include photographs of residents of Goldfield, Tonopah, and Luning, students,and Albert Bradshaw working in Goldfield.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Woman and children at Rabbit Springs, 1920 (0566) folder 22
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Albert Bradshaw, far right, on his 70th birthday, Tonopah, 1984 (0567) folder 22
Bradshaw Family reunion, Tonopah, 1950 (0568) folder 22
Bill Barrow and Albert Bradshaw at the collar of the Florence Mine shaft,Goldfield, 1937 (0571)
folder 22
Postcard picture of part of the red-light district in Goldfield, 1907 (0572) folder 22
A.N. Bradshaw with a truck filled with firewood that had been collected inthe mountains around Lida, 1930 (0573)
folder 22
Young Albert Bradshaw selling Saturday Evening Posts at Luning, 1920(0574)
folder 22
Albert Bradshaw in his Western Union delivery boy's uniform, delivering atelegram, 1927-1929 (0575)
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Luning School, 1919-1920 (0576) folder 23
A group of boys on a scouting trip, somewhere in the vicinity of Goldfield,1926 (0577)
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Bradshaw children, 1920 (0578) folder 23
Scouting expedition, probably somewhere in the Goldfield, 1920-1929(0579)
folder 23
A.N. Bradshaw, father of Albert Bradshaw, driving a Model-T truck, 1920(0580)
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Marguerite Bradshaw and A.N. Bradshaw, parents of Albert Bradshaw,Tonopah, 1950 (0581)
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The 20-30 Club in Tonopah, 1940-1949 (0582) folder 23
Initiation night at the Elks' Hall, Goldfield, 1937-1938 (0583) folder 23
Settlement sheet received by Albert Bradshaw and his partners from ashipment made from a lease at the Florence Mine, Goldfield, 1937 May 15(0584)
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Letter received by Albert Bradshaw and his partners informing them of thesums due to them as a result of shipments made from the Florence Mine,1937 May 18 (0585)
folder 23
Coombs Family, 1935-1985Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs from the Coombs Family from 1935 to 1985, includingphotographs of the tungsten mine operated by Norman "Curly" Coombs in Smoky Valley, his mill in Royston, hismining claim in Divide, and other mining operations around Round Mountain. Materials also include photographsof schools, Main Street, and other buildings in Tonopah.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
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Title/Description Containers
School picture, Tonopah, 1957 (0586) folder 23
Water truck near a tungsten mine operated by Norman "Curly" Coombsabove the Turk Ranch, Smoky Valley, 1952 (0587)
folder 23
Nye County Sheriff Bill Thomas with Norman "Curly" Coombs, 1952 (0588) folder 23
Home of Norman "Curly" Coombs, 1960 (0589) folder 23
Bottle cellar at the Berg home in Round Mountain, 1970 (0590) folder 23
Charles Street, Tonopah, 1970 (0591) folder 23
Cabin on the Gold Star Claim, Royston Hills, 1984 (0592) folder 23
Main Street, Tonopah, 1958 (0593) folder 23
Norman "Curly" Coombs' sons Allen and Bill, Coombs' step son's wife andher daughter, and Norman "Curly" Coombs, 1955 (0594)
folder 23
Coombs at his mill at Royston, 1985 (0595) folder 23
Selena Broom, aunt of Norman "Curly" Coombs, in St. Ives, Cornwall,England, 1960-1969 (0596)
folder 23
Mill being constructed at Iron Canyon, Railroad Valley, 1954-1956 (0597) folder 23
No.1 shaft at Round Mountain, 1967 (0598) folder 23
Back side of stock certificate for the Tonopah Divide Mining Company, 1935April 10 (0599)
folder 24
Front side of a stock certificate of the 1,250,000 shares of the TonopahDivide Mining Company, undated (0600)
folder 24
Danny Murnane and Norman Coombs' mining claim at Divide, nearTonopah, 1967 (0601)
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Living quarters constructed by Norman "Curly" Coombs at the tungsten minein Iron Canyon, 1954-1956 (0602)
folder 24
Students at the Tonopah public school, 1954-1956 (0603) folder 24
Mill constructed by Norman Coombs in Smoky Valley, 1965 (0604) folder 24
Shaft sunk by Norman Coombs, Round Mountain, 1967-1969 (0605) folder 24
Post office, Found Mountain, 1968 (0606) folder 24
Tonopah Jr. High School basketball team, 1960-1963 (0607) folder 24
Long view of the early stages of construction of the cabin and mill in IronCanyon, Railroad Valley, 1954-1956 (0608)
folder 24
Looking north at the gallows frame of the old Orazaba Mine, 1977 (0609) folder 24
View from Coombs' tungsten mine in Smoky Valley, 1952 (0610) folder 24
Black Mill in Iron Canyon, undated (0611) folder 24
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Hooper Family, 1902-1942Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Hooper Family in and around Tonopah from 1902to 1942. Materials include photographs of Mayme Hooper, who was a Native American, attending the StewartIndian School in Carson City. The majority of the materials are photographs of Mayme and Albert Hooper at theirranch in Monitor Valley.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order
Title/Description Containers
Mayme Hooper and family in Fallon, 1930 (0612) folder 24
Relatives visit Mayme Hooper at the Steward Indian School in Carson City,1924-1926 (0613)
folder 24
Campus of the Stewart Indian School, Carson City, 1924-1926 (0614) folder 24
Health Parade, Stewart Indian School, Carson City, 1926 May 30 (0615) folder 24
Gathering of Shoshone Indians in Lone Pine, California, 1930-1933 (0616) folder 24
Mayme Hooper the next to her mother-in-law and the foster son in LonePine, California, 1930-1933 (0617)
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Mayme Hooper's family, 1913 (0618) folder 24
Mayme Hooper, shortly after her to marriage to Albert Hooper, in MonitorValley, 1940-1943 (0619)
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Mayme Hooper holding her sister's daughter Lilly on Easter Sunday,1930-1933 (0620)
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Mayme Hooper and her husband Albert Hooper in front of Stone House ontheir ranch in Monitor Valley, 1940-1943 (0621)
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Mayme Hoooper's parents, Fred Williams and Lilly Breckenridge Williams,1927 (0622)
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Mayme Hooper, Fred Williams, and Norma Hicks, 1923 (0623) folder 24
Mayme Hooper on her ranch in Monitor Valley, 1942 (0624) folder 24
Mayme Hooper's father-in-law, Tim Hooper, in Monitor Valley, 1927 (0625) folder 24
Schurz Athletic Club, 1934 (0626) folder 25
Mayme and Albert Hooper at their home in Tonopah, 1977-1979 (0627) folder 25
Mother and father of Mayme Hooper's husband, Albert Hooper, 1902 (0628) folder 25
Mother and father of Mayme Hooper's husband, Albert Hooper, 1902 (0629) folder 25
Friends of Albert Hooper, taken in Tonopah, 1920-1923 (0630) folder 25
Albert Hooper, husband of Mayme Hooper, 1920-1929 (0631) folder 25
Mayme and Albert Hooper, Stone House, Monitor Valley, 1937-1943 (0632) folder 25
Mayme Hooper, 1925 (0633) folder 25
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Terrell Family, 1918-1943Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Terrell Family in Tonopah, Nevada from 1918 to1943. Materials include photographs of the Terrell Mine near Eden Creek, Tonopah Depot, the Reveille Mill, andSolan Terrell during his time in the U.S. Navy.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Solan Terrell home on leave from the U.S. Navy, 1943 (0692) folder 27
Solan Terrell's eighth grade graduation diploma, Tonopah, 1930 May 29(0693)
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Clyde Rufus Terrell seated at the linotype machine at the Tonopah TimesBonanza, 1948 (0694)
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Clydene Terrell, Don Wheeler Terrell, Starle William Terrell, Solan ChesterTerrell, children of Clyde Rufus Terrell and Kitty Wheeler Terrell, 1918(0695)
folder 27
Postcard of burro, undated (0696) folder 27
Native American family, undated (0697) folder 27
Pontoon from the dredge constructed at Manhattan, undated (0698) folder 27
Frame of the building housing the mill being constructed at the Terrell minenear Eden Creek, 1937 (0699)
Clyde Rufus Terrell at his mine above Eden Creek, 1929-1930 (0702) folder 28
South Gold Hill above Eden Creek in the Kawich Mountains, 1920-1930(0703)
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Postcard of dead pack animal taken near Schurz, undated (0704) folder 28
Reveille Mill, Reveille Valley, 1926 (0705) folder 28
Navy Diving Crew, San Pedro, California, 1943 (0706) folder 28
Moore Family, 1906-1946Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain five photographs of the Moore Family from 1906 to 1946. Materialsinclude photographs of Ruby Kepplinger Moore and Roy Moore in clubs in Tonopah, including the Ace Club andthe Rex Bar.
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Ruby Kepplinger Moore on top of the Sacramento Hotel, Sacramento,California, 1920-1929 (0739)
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Ruby Kepplinger Moore, 1925 (0740) folder 29
Negative: Roy Moore playing piano at the Ace Club, Tonopah,approximately 1940-1946 (0741)
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Ruby Kepplinger Moore and Roy Moore, Rex Bar, Tonopah, 1946 October(0742)
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Potts-Cirac Family, 1911-1970Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (3 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Potts-Cirac Family from 1911 to 1970, includingphotographs of Jeanne and Don Potts with Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt, students in Tonopah, and the Ace Club.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt with Jeanne and Don Potts, Jim Butler Park,Tonopah, 1970 (0743)
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Initiation of the high school freshman class, Tonopah, 1940 September(0744)
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Students at Millers, Nevada, school, 1911 (0745) folder 29
Interior of the Ace Club, Tonopah, 1937-1943 (0746) folder 29
Louis Cirac, Sr., and his wife, Elizabeth Joseph Cirac, 1902 (0747) folder 29
Jeanne Cirac Potts and Don Potts at the Charity Ball, 1977-1979 (0750) folder 29
Louis Cirac, Jr., Romano Andreotti, Helen Redmond, and Jeanne Cirac Potts,Christmas, 1946 December 25 (0751)
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William Cirac, Elizabeth Cirac, Marie Cirac, Louis Cirac, Sr., and LouisCirac, Jr., 1908 (0752)
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Louis V. Cirac, grandfather of Don Cirac, showing the Combined Beet andCotton Harvester he built and patented on his farm in Fallon, undated (0879)
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Miscellaneous, 1907-1989Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (4 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain miscellaneous photographs of Tonopah, Nevada from 1907 to1989, including photographs of Main Street, residents of the town, the Ramona Hotel, and Tonopah's 50th YearCelebration.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Main Street, Tonopah, Nevada, undated (0008) folder 01
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Bar and brothel belonging to Bobby Duncan located in Tonopah, 1950-1953(0714)
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Miruna Banovich, mother of Catherine Banovich-Lydon, pictured in thegarden, Tonopah, 1940-1949 (0722)
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Army Officers Club at the Tonopah Army Air Base, 1943 (0723) folder 28
Local citizens and Tonopah Army Air Base personnel at the Ramona Hotel,Tonopah, 1943 (0724)
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Local citizens and Tonopah Army Air Base personnel at the Ramona Hotel,Tonopah, 1943 (0725)
folder 28
Enlisted Men's Service Club, Tonopah Army Air Base, 1943 (0726) folder 29
Freck Lydon, husband of Catherine Banovich-Lydon and Jack Dempsey atTonopah's 50th Year Celebration, 1950 (0727)
folder 29
First grade class, Tonopah School, 1921 (0728) folder 29
John Skanovsky, father of Tonopah resident Bruno Skanovsky, 1944 (0755) folder 30
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Other areas in Nye County, 1880-1989Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet (22 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of areas and families in Nye County, Nevada from 1880to 1989. Materials include photographs of the Boni, Bordoli, Fallini, Hanson, Hawkins, Lowe, O'Toole, Slavin, andWilson families in areas such as Manhattan, Twin Springs, Gabbs, Duckwater, the Kawich Mountains, and the ToiyabeMountains. Materials also include photocopies of maps of regions in Nevada, including Bullfrog Mining District andthe Nevada-California border.
Arrangement: Materials are arranged into eleven subseries:
Subseries VII.A. Boni Family (Manhattan, Nevada), 1905-1959;
Subseries VII.B. Bordoli Ranch, 1910-1956;
Subseries VII.C. Fallini Family (Twin Springs, Nevada), 1912-1965;
Subseries VII.D. Hanson Family (Gabbs, Nevada), 1936-1941;
Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada), 1880-1987;
Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family, 1900-1965;
Subseries VII.G. O'Toole Family, 1894;
Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada), 1905-1949;
Subseries VII.I. Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada), 1914-1987;
Subseries VII.J. Maps, 1906-1959;
Subseries VII.K. Miscellaneous, 1907-1989.
Boni Family (Manhattan, Nevada), 1905-1959
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Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Boni Family in Manhattan, Nevada from 1905to 1959. Materials include photographs of Pete Boni and Dominica Louise Julia Boni, their children, their familyhome, Red Mill, and flooding that struck Manhattan.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Children of Pete Boni, undated (0764a) folder 30
Portrait of Pete Boni, 1906 (0765) folder 30
Portrait of Dominica Louise Julia Boni, 1906 (0766) folder 30
Boni family home located in Manhattan, Nevada, 1930-1939 (0767) folder 30
Irene Nelly Boni playing the accordion in front of the garage, 1936 (0768) folder 30
Catholic Church located in Manhattan, 1950-1959 (0770) folder 30
Manhattan, Nevada, 1940-1949 (0771) folder 30
Manhattan Standard Building, 1930-1939 (0772) folder 30
Red Mill, 1950 (0773) folder 30
Red Mill, 1947-1949 (0774) folder 30
Red Mill, 1947-1949 (0775) folder 30
Red Mill, 1947-1949 (0776) folder 31
Red Mill, 1947-1949 (0777) folder 31
Manhattan, undated (0778) folder 31
Flood waters that struck Manhattan, 1952 (0779) folder 31
Flood waters that struck Manhattan, 1950 (0780) folder 31
Dominica Louise Julia Boni, 1950 (0781) folder 31
Horse-drawn wagon, 1905 (0782) folder 31
Bordoli Ranch, 1910-1956Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Bordoli Family on the Bordoli Ranch from 1910to 1956. Materials include photographs of the ranch house, fields, animals, and extended family.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Winter, 1950-1953 (1157) folder 46
Santina R. Bordoli, 1940 (1158) folder 46
Claude Francini, husband to Sylvia (Bordoli) Francini, 1952 (1159) folder 46
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Sheep wagon, 1944-1946 (1160) folder 46
Bordoli Ranch house, 1940 (1161) folder 46
Bordoli Ranch, undated (1162) folder 46
Santina R. Bordoli driving a team at the Bordoli Ranch, 1917 (1163) folder 46
Bordoli Ranch, 1910 (1164) folder 46
James Bordoli and Albino Arrigoni being cheered by Amatore Arrigoni, 1917(1165)
folder 46
James Bordoli and Albino Arrigoni, 1917 (1166) folder 46
Santina R. Bordoli with her grandson John, 1917 (1167) folder 46
Branding time at the Bordoli Ranch, 1900-1910 (1168) folder 46
Alfred (Jack) Bordoli on the horse with his brother James Bordoli, 1910(1169)
folder 46
Old Bordoli Ranch house, 1917 (1170) folder 46
Crow's Nest in Railroad Valley, 1918 June (1171) folder 46
Alfred (Jack) Bordoli twirls a lasso in front of the cellar on the BordoliRanch, 1918 (1172)
folder 46
Cowboys enjoying dinner at the old stone house at Crow's Nest in RailroadValley, 1918 June (1173)
folder 46
James Bordoli shoveling snow off the roof of the old school room withSantina Bordoli sweeping out the doorway, 1918 (1174)
folder 46
James Bordoli, 1917 (1175) folder 46
Bordoli Ranch, 1910 (1176) folder 46
Bordoli family on the front lawn of the Bordoli Ranch, 1950 (1177) folder 46
Identical twins Sylvia (Bordoli) Francini and Laura (Bordoli) Pergrossi withniece Jacqueline Bordoli on her horse Dick, 1951 (1178)
folder 46
Martin (Butch) Bordoli shortly before his death, 1956 (1179) folder 46
Alfred (Jack) Bordoli with son Martin Bordoli and daughter JacquelineBordoli, 1951 (1180)
folder 46
Alfred (Jack) Bordoli, 1916 (1181) folder 46
Alfred (Jack) Bordoli at sheep shear time, 1940 (1182) folder 46
Alfred (Jack) Bordoli with Margaret Cadra on his horse, 1922 (1183) folder 46
Santina R. Bordoli with Del Pergrossi, John Bordoli, James Bordoli, MaryPergrossi, Frank Pergrossi, and Laura (Bordoli) Pergrossi, 1935 (1184)
folder 46
Beverly (Scrivens) Bordoli, Martha (Baird) Bordoli holding son MartinBordoli, with daughter Jacqueline Bordoli and Alfred (Jack) Bordoli, 1950(1185)
folder 46
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Martha (Baird) Bodoli, son Martin Bordoli, daughter Beverly (Scrivens)Bordoli, husband Alfred (Jack) Bordoli, husband Alfred (Jack) Bordoli, anddaughter Jaqueline Bordoli, 1952 October (1186)
folder 46
Laura (Bordoli) Pergrossi and her mother Santina R. Bordoli, 1940 (1187) folder 46
Fallini Family (Twin Springs, Nevada), 1912-1965Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Fallini Family near Twin Springs, Nevada from1912 to 1965. Materials include photographs of schoolchildren, residents of Tonopah, buildings on the FalliniRanch, animals, Merger Mill, Eden Creek, and events in Tonopah.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Schoolhouse and students at Twin Springs, 1955 (0527) folder 21
Easter Sunday at Twin Springs Ranch, 1945 (0528) folder 21
Negative: Native American woman shelling pine nuts at the cattle corralsnear Tonopah, 1940 (0529)
folder 21
Branding cattle on the Fallini Ranch, 1940-1949 (0530) folder 21
Dad Lorigan's cook wagon on a round-up at Crow's Nest, up Railroad Valley,undated (0531)
folder 21
Old stage building on the Fallini Ranch at Twin Springs, undated (0532) folder 21
School at Tybo, 1937-1939 (0533) folder 21
Children of Giovanni Fallini at the Eden Creek Ranch, 1912 (0534) folder 21
Oscar "Lefty," the calf, 1975 (0535) folder 21
Twin Springs, 1950-1953 (0536) folder 21
Joe Fallini and his granddaughters, Lorinda and Karina, undated (0537) folder 21
Anna Baker, mother of Helen Fallini, Cherry, Arizona, 1915 (0538) folder 21
Monte Rore, an employee of the BLM at Battle Mountain, after a snowstorm,1948-1949 (0539)
folder 21
Joe Fallini, 1965 (0540) folder 21
Fallini family and relatives, undated (0541) folder 21
Fallinis would round up their cattle and drive them to Tonopah for shipment,1939 (0542)
folder 21
George Chubey and a deer he shot at Eden Creek, 1937-1939 (0543) folder 21
Anna Baker Baird, mother of Helen Fallini, 1935 (0544) folder 21
Old ranch buildings at Tybo occupied by a man named Constant, 1940 (0545) folder 21
Joe Fallini with his pickup overlooking Tonopah, 1935 (0546) folder 21
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Helen Baird Fallini observing a cow stuck in the mud near Twin Springs,1935 (0547)
folder 21
Helen and Joe Fallini, Tonopah, 1935 (0548) folder 21
Helen Fallini in front of the wild rose bushes at Eden Creek, KawichMountain, 1935 (0549)
folder 21
Anna Baker Baird, mother of Helen Fallini, in front of her home in Tonopah,1934 (0550)
folder 21
Merger Mill, located at Bellehelen, Kawich Mountains, 1935 (0551) folder 22
Schoolhouse at Eden Creek, Kawich Mountains, 1934 (0552) folder 22
Elks Building on Main Street, Tonopah, 1934-1936 (0554) folder 22
Ford Midland Garage on Main Street, Tonopah, 1930-1933 (0555) folder 22
Merger Mill located at Bellehelen, Kawich Mountains, 1934-1936 (0556) folder 22
Giovanni Fallini in front of his home at Eden Creek, 1932-1933 (0557) folder 22
Mr. and Mrs. Stingley, Eden Creek, 1935 (0558) folder 22
Helen Baird Fallini and George Chubey, Eden Creek Ranch, 1934 (0559) folder 22
Driving horses at the Fallini Ranch, 1936 (0560) folder 22
One of the first diesel trucks to haul cattle off the Fallini Ranch, 1938 (0561) folder 22
Bautista Venner on the front porch of his home at the base of the KawichMountains, 1938 (0562)
folder 22
Joe Fallini and his horse at Eden Creek, 1934 (0563) folder 22
Fourth of July celebration and parade in Tonopah, 1930 (0564) folder 22
O.K. Reed at the Cedar Corrals, Cedar Pipeline, 1919 (0565) folder 22
Rosemary Baird, sister to Helen Fallini, 1935 (0565a) folder 22
Hanson Family (Gabbs, Nevada), 1936-1941Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Hanson Family near Gabbs, Nevada from 1936 to1941. Materials include primarily photographs of Norman Hanson working in the Basic Magnesium, Incorporated(BMI) camp.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Norman Hanson and his dog Brucite, Basic Magnesium's camp, 1936 (0880) folder 35
Norman Hanson on the road which ran from Basic Magnesium's camp to theloading ramp at Luning, 1936 (0881)
folder 35
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Norman Hanson on the road which ran from Basic Magnesium's camp to theloading ramp at Luning, 1936 (0882)
folder 35
Breaking through the drifts near Gabbs, 1937 February (0883) folder 35
Loading ramp at Luning, undated (0884) folder 35
Basic Magnesium's camp, 1936 (0885) folder 35
Basic Magnesium's camp, 1936 (0886) folder 35
Bunkhouse and burros in Basic Magnesium camp, 1936 (0887) folder 35
Basic Magnesium's camp, 1936 (0888) folder 35
Howard Eells presenting a plaque to Norman Hanson at a Basic RefractoriesEmployees' dinner meeting, Maple Grove, Wisconsin, 1941 June (0889)
folder 35
Newspaper article regarding Norman Hanson's retirement from BasicMagnesium, undated (0890)
folder 35
Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada), 1880-1987Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (3 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Hawkins Family near Duckwater, Nevada from1880 to 1987. Materials include photographs of the Irwin Ranch, the Tonopah Tidewater Railroad survey camp,camps in Railroad Valley, crops, Stillwater Gaming Club, pictographs in Currant Creek, Shermantown Mill, andMoore's Station.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Roberts family, 1927 (0783) folder 31
Josephine Roberts and Tom Thatcher visiting the Irwin Ranch, 1921 (0784) folder 31
Josephine Roberts holding Frances Roberts on the Irwin Ranch, 1911 (0785) folder 31
Lou Heller, husband of Helen Roberts Heller, pictured with Martha RobertsHawkins' oldest daughter Norma, 1940 (0786)
folder 31
Martha Roberts and her sister Isabelle Roberts with brother Monroe Roberts,1921 (0787)
folder 31
Martha Hawkins, Frank Roberts, Jr., and Martha's youngest daughter inNewark Valley, 1956 (0788)
folder 31
Three women, undated (0789) folder 31
Irwin Ranch, 1925 (0790) folder 31
Survey camp, Tonopah Tidewater Railroad in Railroad Valley, 1909 (0791) folder 31
Helen Roberts getting a drink from the ditch in front of her mother's house onthe Irwin Ranch, 1922 (0792)
folder 31
Martha Roberts Hawkins and sister Frances Hawkins, 1915 (0793) folder 31
Stone house located on the Irwin ranch, 1918 (0794) folder 31
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Frank Vanover, husband of Imogene Irwin Vanover, at the lower part of theIrwin Ranch, 1918 (0795)
folder 31
Phyllis Holstead, 1940 (0796) folder 31
Wash day on the Irwin ranch, 1929 (0797) folder 31
Camp in Railroad Valley, 1915 (0798) folder 31
Steam-powered drill rig, 1915 (0799) folder 31
Branding cattle on the Holstead Ranch, 1912 (0800) folder 32
Sheep on the range, undated (0801) folder 32
Roberts girls in front of their mother's house, 1933 (0802) folder 32
Frank Robert's wood wagon, 1924 (0803) folder 32
Hay bales, undated (0804) folder 32
Roberts family on a visit to relatives in Pennsylvania, 1915 (0805) folder 32
Margaret Clark, Gardnerville, undated (0806) folder 32
North side of the Roberts' home on the Irwin Ranch, 1945 (0807) folder 32
Roberts' home on the Irwin Ranch, 1924 (0808) folder 32
Frances Roberts and her dog Lady, Stillwater Gaming Club, 1930 (0809) folder 32
Family in front of the Roberts' home, 1928 (0810) folder 32
Perline Thompson, a resident of the Duckwater Indian Reservation, 1940(0812)
folder 32
Native American children on the Duckwater Indian Reservation, 1950 (0813) folder 32
Pictographs in Currant Creek, undated (0814) folder 32
Pictographs in Currant Creek, undated (0815) folder 32
Residential site of Shermantown, White Pine County, 1928 (0816) folder 32
Isaac "Ike" Irwin, 1974 (0817) folder 32
Imogene Irwin Vanover's house in Duckwater, 1912 (0818) folder 32
Martha Hawkins' birthday party at her home in Duckwater, 1987 (0819) folder 32
Home of Jim Beach on the Isaac "Ike" Irwin ranch, 1890-1899 (0820) folder 32
Martha Hawkins' grandmother, Hermi Irwin Rogenteni, and Martha's mother,Josephine Rogenti, in Eureka, 1892 (0821)
folder 32
Forty acres of fruit orchard on the Isaac "Ike" Irwin Ranch, 1880 (0822) folder 32
Native American writings near Moore's Station, undated (0823) folder 32
Mill in Shermantown, 1928 (0824) folder 32
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Ralph Irwin, son of "Ike" and Julia Irwin, 1897-1899 (0825) folder 32
Martha Hawkins and her daughters at her home, 1987 (0826) folder 33
Paul Irwin, 1890 (0827) folder 33
"Ike" Irwin's first home, 1960-1969 (0828) folder 33
Lowe Family, 1900-1965Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders and 1 shared box of negatives)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Lowe Family from 1900 to 1965. Materialsinclude photographs of machinery used to transport ore, students, locations in California, Noonday Mine, andbuildings in Goodsprings and Las Vegas. The materials also include photographs of the Goodsprings Hotel, whichwas purchased by Deke and Celesta Lowe.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Gasoline tractor operated by Dave Fairbanks to haul gold ore from a mine inDeath Valley, 1910-1915 (0080)
folder 04
Shoshone, California, 1910-1915 (0081) folder 04
Resting Spring, California, 1900 (0082) folder 04
John Quincy Lisle standing beside an ore wagon intended for use in a sodiumsulphate mine, Moapa Valley, 1930 (0083)
Probably the Amargosa Siding, but could be the Johnnie Siding, on the LasVegas and Tonopah Railraod, Amargosa Valley, 1910 (0093)
folder 04
John Quincy "Jack" Lisle at a prospector's cab, undated (0094) folder 04
R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks at the age of 70, a month or so before moving to andestablishing a community at Baker, California, 1925 (0095)
folder 04
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Facilities and community established by R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks, FairbanksSpring, Ash Meadows, 1907 (0096)
folder 04
Celesta Lisle Lowe at her home in Las Vegas, Nevada, Christmas, 1965(0097)
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Graduation picture, Celesta Lisle Lowe, El Monte High School in California,1934 (0098)
folder 04
David Walker "Deke" Lowe, Jr., at the central train control panel, UnionStation, Las Vegas, 1950-1960 (0099)
folder 04
Daughters of R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks, Vonola Fairbanks, and Stella FairbanksBrown in Long Beach, California, undated (0100)
folder 04
Ralph Jacobus "Dad" Fairbanks, Shoshone, California, 1920 (0101) folder 05
Celesta Lisle and Vern Lisle in Green Water, California, 1907-1910 (0102) folder 05
China Ranch, Amargosa River, 1920-1923 (0103) folder 05
Boarding house constructed by R.J. "Dad" Fairbanks and his wife Celestia, atShoshone, California, shortly after their founding of the community in 1910,1915 (0104)
folder 05
John Quincy "Jack" Lisle, Santa Monica, California, 1907 March (0105) folder 05
Celesta Lisle, Hayward, California, 1907 March (0106) folder 05
John Quincy "Jack" Lisle at the edge of the reservoir on his homestead in theLas Vegas Valley, 1930 (0107)
folder 05
Margaret Garner driving at Lake Tahoe, 1929 (0108) folder 05
Greenwater, California, 1907 (0109) folder 05
Celestia Adelaide Johnson Fairbanks and her husband Ralph JacobusFairbanks, Shoshone, California, 1920 (0110)
folder 05
Negative: Death Valley Junction, California, 1924 (0111) boxSH-028
Parents of David Walker "Deke" Lowe, Jr., David Walker and FrancesColumbus Kinkaid Lowe, Tecopa, California, 1922-1923 (0112)
folder 05
Noonday Mine, 1936-1937 (0113) folder 05
Celestia Johnson Fairbanks and Ralph Jacobus "Dad" Fairbanks, Baker,California, 1930 (0114)
folder 05
O'Toole Family, 1894Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials include three photographs of the O'Toole Family from 1894, includingphotographs of Batholomew, Margaret Kelly, Tessabel, and Bartley Augusta O'Toole. One of the photographs wastaken inside Washington Canyon.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
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Bartholomew O'Toole, Washington Canyon, 1894 April 16 (0944) folder 37
Margaret Kelly O'Toole, 1894 April 16 (0945) folder 37
Tessabel O'Toole and Bartley Augusta O'Toole, 1894 April 16 (0946) folder 37
Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada), 1905-1949Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (3 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Reed Family from 1905 to 1949. Materialsinclude photographs of O.K. Reed and his family on their ranch near Hawes Canyon in the Kawich Mountains.Materials also include photographs of cattle on the United Cattle and Packing Company (UCPC) Ranch, as wellas photographs of buildings, wells, and structures on the UCPC Ranch. Lastly, materials include settlement sheetsfrom the Tonopah Mining Company to Ed Slavin from 1938 and 1941. Materials may have been donated by theSlavin Family.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
O.K. Reed, undated (0634) folder 25
O.K. Reed at his home in Hawes Canyon, Kawich Mountains, 1930 (0635) folder 25
Settlement sheet from the Tonopah Mining Company to Ed Slavin, 1941November 30 (0689)
folder 27
Settlement sheet from the Tonopah Mining Company to Ed Slavin, 1938December 07 (0690)
folder 27
Settlement sheet from the Tonopah Mining Company to Ed Slavin, 1938December 07 (0691)
folder 27
Wilson Family (Toiyabe Mountains, Nevada), 1914-1987Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (2 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photographs of the Wilson Family in the Kawich Mountains from1914 to 1987. Materials include photographs of Robert "Bob" Wilson operating his mining equipment in OphirCanyon, his cyanide plant, his mill site, and the dredge in Manhattan. Materials also include photographs of Wilsonand his family in Nevada and in California.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Robert "Bob" Wilson pictured in a canyon in the San Bernardino area,California, 1933 (1089)
folder 43
Robert "Bob" Wilson running his placer mill at Ophir Canyon, ToiyabeMountains, 1974 (1090)
folder 43
Sue Popplman, Robert G. McCracken, Robert "Bob" Wilson, Ophir Canyon,Toiyabe Mountains, 1974 (1091)
folder 43
Robert "Bob" Wilson operating his triple-drum, slusher-feeding system, 1974(1092)
folder 43
Bobbie Number 4 incline shaft located in Ophir Canyon, Toiyabe Mountains,1975 (1093)
folder 43
Placer mill, 1973 November (1094) folder 43
Wilson's placer plant in Ophir Canyon, 1974 (1095) folder 43
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Trammel screen, part of the placer mill, 1975 (1096) folder 43
Alice Pratt Cirac Wilson, wife of "Bob" Wilson, in Tuolumne, California,1923 (1119)
folder 44
Ruins of part of the milling operation, Toiyabe Mountains, 1985 (1120) folder 44
Maps, 1906-1959Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain photocopies of maps that were produced from 1906 to 1959.Materials include maps of Bullfrog Mining District, the state of Nevada in 1906, and portions of maps of theCalifornia-Nevada border.
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Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Bullfrog Mining District designed by T.G. Nicklin, 1950-1959 (0221_0730)(view online)
folder 29
Bullfrog Mining District map on a menu from the Montgomery Cafe, Beatty,1950-1959 (0221_0731) (view online)
folder 29
Portion of a map of the state of Nevada, 1906 (0221_0732) (view online) folder 29
Portion of a map of Southern California, 1920-1929 (0221_0733) (viewonline)
folder 29
Portion of a southern California and southwestern Nevada map, 1920-1929(0221_0734) (view online)
folder 29
Sketched map of Nevada and a portion of Southeastern California, 1906(0221_0735) (view online)
folder 29
Portion of a map of the state of California, 1920-1929 (0221_0736) (viewonline)
folder 29
Portion of a road map of Southern California, 1920-1929 (0221_0737) (viewonline)
folder 29
Miscellaneous, 1907-1989Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (3 hanging folders)
Scope and Contents Note: Materials contain miscellaneous photographs from 1907 to 1989 that depict residents ofNye County. Materials also include photographs of the Locke Ranch, a criminal complaint lodged against JamesBurns, a cabin on the Nevada Test Site, and a stagecoach station.
Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.
Title/Description Containers
Springdale, Nevada, undated (0009) folder 01
George Ishmael, long-time southern Nye County resident, and his children,1980 (0708)
folder 28
Sam Colvin in military uniform during World War II, 1940-1945 (0709) folder 28
Sam Colvin and mother during World War II, 1940-1945 (0710) folder 28
